Tectonics of the Þeistareykir fissure swarm

Jokull

Volumn 2011, Issue 61, 2011, Pages 65-79

  Magnúsdóttir, Sigríður ^a   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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