The fissure swarm of the Askja volcanic system along the divergent plate boundary of N Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 961-975

  Hjartardóttir, Ásta Rut ^a   Einarsson, Páll ^a   Sigurdsson, Haraldur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Askja volcano; Fissure swarm; Iceland; Mid Atlantic plate boundary; Northern volcanic zone; Rift zone; Rifting

Indexed keywords

FAULT PLANE; HOLOCENE; LAVA FLOW; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASKJA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70350752115     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0282-x     Document Type: Article

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