Recent volatile evolution in the magmatic system of Hekla volcano, Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 373-389

  Moune, Séverine ^a   Sigmarsson, Olgeir ^a,b   Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^b,c   Gauthier, Pierre J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chlorine; fluorine; Hekla volcano; melt inclusions; pre eruptive contents; sulphur; volatile release

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; MELT INCLUSIONS; VOLATILE EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

VOLCANOES;

MAGMATISM; MELT INCLUSION; OLIVINE; PLAGIOCLASE; SULFUR; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; HEKLA; ICELAND;

PLINIA;

EID: 33847336989     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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