Morphologies and emplacement mechanisms of the lava flows of the Faroe Islands Basalt Group, Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic Ocean

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-156

  Passey, Simon R ^a,b   Bell, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Continental flood basalts; Facies architectures; Faroe Islands Basalt Group; Inflation; Pahoehoe flows

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PAHOEHOE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 36749025127     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0125-6     Document Type: Article

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