Mush disaggregation in basaltic magma chambers: Evidence from the ad 1783 Laki eruption

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2593-2623

  Passmore, Emma ^a,b   Maclennan, John ^c   Fitton, Godfrey ^a   Thordarson, Thor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Iceland; Laki; Magma; Mush

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND; LAKI;

EID: 84870045998     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs061     Document Type: Article

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