Subglacial intermediate volcanism at Kerlingarfjöll, Iceland: Magma-water interactions beneath thick ice

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-351

  Stevenson, John A ^a   Smellie, John L ^b   McGarvie, David W ^a   Gilbert, Jennie S ^c   Cameron, Barry I ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

andesite; dacite; glaciovolcanism; hyaloclastite; Iceland; intermediate; Kerlingarfj ll; subglacial

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DACITE; GLACIOVOLCANISM; HYALOCLASTITE; ICELAND; INTERMEDIATE; SUBGLACIAL;

GLACIERS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; QUENCHING; ROCKS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ICE;

ANDESITE; BRECCIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DACITE; GLACIER; HIGH PRESSURE; HYALOCLASTITE; ICE THICKNESS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOFACIES; MAGMA; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; VOLCANISM; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 68349160486     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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