Rhyolites at Kerlingarfjöll, Iceland: The evolution and lifespan of silicic central volcanoes

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-538

  Flude, Stephanie ^a,b   McGarvie, David W ^b   Burgess, Ray ^a   Tindle, Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Central volcano; Iceland; Obsidian; Rhyolite; Subglacial volcanism

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGMA; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

ICELAND; KERLINGARFJOLL;

EID: 77954143538     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0344-0     Document Type: Article

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