Vent geometry and eruption conditions of the mixed rhyolite-basalt Námshraun lava flow, Iceland

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 127-141

  Wilson, Lionel ^a,b   Fagents, Sarah A ^b   Robshaw, Linda E ^a   Scott, Evelyn D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

eruption rate; Iceland; mixed lava flow; rheology; rhyolite

Indexed keywords

ERUPTION RATE; FISSURE VENT; LAVA FLOW; RHYOLITE;

MORPHOLOGY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VOLCANOES; YIELD STRESS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASALT; FISSURE; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; RHEOLOGY; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; TORFAJOKULL;

EID: 34447506158     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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