Eight centuries of periodic volcanism at the center of the Iceland hotspot revealed by glacier tephrostratigraphy

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 943-946

  Larsen, Gudrún ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ERUPTION FREQUENCY; HISTORICAL DATA; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RECURRENCE TIME; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

VOLCANOES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HOT SPOT; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 84879887618     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0943:ECOPVA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Björnsson, A., Johnsen, G., Sigurdsson, S., and Thorbergsson, G., 1979, Rifting of the plate boundary in North Iceland 1975-1978: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 3029-3038.
3. Björnsson H., 1988, Hydrology of ice caps in volcanic regions: Societas Scientarium Islandica, v. 45, p. 1-139,