Contemporaneous phreatomagmatic and effusive activity along the Hverfjall eruptive fissure, north Iceland: Eruption chronology and resulting deposits

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 241-252

  Mattsson, Hannes B ^a,b   Höskuldsson, Ármann ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Base surge; Fissure eruption; Hverfjall; Iceland; Phreatomagmatic; Scoria cone; Tuff ring

Indexed keywords

BASE SURGE; FISSURE ERUPTION; HVERFJALL; ICELANDS; PHREATOMAGMATIC; SCORIA CONE; TUFF RING;

DEPOSITS;

CHRONOLOGY; EMPLACEMENT; FISSURE; GRABEN; GRANULOMETRY; LAVA FLOW; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND;

EID: 79953037827     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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