The emplacement of an obsidian dyke through thin ice: Hrafntinnuhryggur, Krafla Iceland

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-366

  Tuffen, Hugh ^a   Castro, Jonathan M ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Oberlin College   (United States)

Author keywords

eruption; glacier; glaciovolcanism; Iceland; Krafla; lava; obsidian; rhyolite; subglacial volcanism; volcano ice interaction

Indexed keywords

ERUPTION; GLACIOVOLCANISM; ICELAND; KRAFLA; LAVA; OBSIDIAN; RHYOLITE; SUBGLACIAL VOLCANISM;

GLACIERS; GRANITE; VOLCANOES;

ICE;

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYALOCLASTITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LAST GLACIAL; LAVA; LITHOFACIES; MAGMA; OBSIDIAN; PERMEABILITY; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; KRAFLA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68349150671     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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