Models of ice melting and edifice growth at the onset of subglacial basaltic eruptions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Tuffen, Hugh ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CAVITY; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; GLACIER; ICE; MAGMA; MELTING; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 34548564573     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004523     Document Type: Article

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