Interactions between lava and snow/ice during the 2010 Fimmvö ruháls eruption, South-Central Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Edwards, B ^a   Magnusson E ^b   Thordarson, T ^c   Gumundsson, M T ^b   Hoskuldsson A ^b   Oddsson, B ^b   Haklar, J ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LAVA; LAVA FLOW; MELTING; SNOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND;

EID: 84859702094     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008985     Document Type: Article

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