Lava penetrating water: The different behaviours of pāhoehoe and 'a'ā at the Nesjahraun, {Thorn}ingvellir, Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-46

  Stevenson, John Alexander ^a   Mitchell, Neil Charles ^a   Mochrie, Fiona ^a   Cassidy, Michael ^b   Pinkerton, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'a' ; Iceland; Lava; LiDAR; P hoehoe; Rootless

Indexed keywords

AA LAVA; BASALT; GRABEN; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAVA FLOW; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PAHOEHOE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HENGILL; ICELAND; THINGVALLAVATN;

EID: 84855488928     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0480-1     Document Type: Article

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