Effects of dyke emplacement and plate pull on mechanical interaction between volcanic systems and central volcanoes in Iceland

Special Publications of IAVCEI

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-347

  Gudmundsson, A ^a,b   Friese, N ^a   Andrew, R ^a   Philipp, S L ^a   Ertl, G ^a   Letourneur, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649623544     PISSN: 17508207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/iavcel002.17     Document Type: Article

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