Will present day glacier retreat increase volcanic activity? Stress induced by recent glacier retreat and its effect on magmatism at the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Pagli, Carolina ^a,b   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; SNOW; VOLCANOES;

GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CAPS; ICE SHEETS; ICELAND; MAGMATISM; MELTING GLACIERS; STRESS INDUCED; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

ICE;

GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; MAGMATISM; MODELING; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 48549099802     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033510     Document Type: Article

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