Using dissolved H 2O in rhyolitic glasses to estimate palaeo-ice thickness during a subglacial eruption at Bláhnúkur (Torfajökull, Iceland)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1355-1378

  Owen, Jacqueline ^a   Tuffen, Hugh ^a   McGarvie, David W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degassing; FTIR; Iceland; Infra red spectroscopy; Rhyolite; Subglacial; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLASS; ICE THICKNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RECONSTRUCTION; RHYOLITE; SOLUBILITY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ICELAND; TORFAJOKULL;

EID: 84864384076     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-012-0601-5     Document Type: Article

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