The 1732 Surtseyan eruption of Eggøya, Jan Mayen, North Atlantic: deposits, distribution, chemistry and chronology

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Gjerløw, Eirik ^a,b   Höskuldsson, Armann ^b,c   Pedersen, Rolf Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Jan Mayen; Surtseyan eruptions; Tephra; Volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); JAN MAYEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84922258680     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-014-0895-6     Document Type: Article

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