Holocene volcanic activity at Grímsvötn, Bárdarbunga and Kverkfjöll subglacial centres beneath Vatnajökull, Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1187-1208

  Óladóttir, Bergrún Arna ^a,c   Larsen, Gudrún ^b   Sigmarsson, Olgeir ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

B rdarbunga Veidiv tn; Eruption frequency; Gr msv tn; Holocene; Iceland; Kverkfj ll; Tephra correlation

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

GRIMSVOTN; ICELAND; KVERKFJOLL;

EID: 80955166134     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0461-4     Document Type: Article

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