Deciphering eruption history and magmatic processes from tephra in Iceland

Jokull

Volumn 2012, Issue 62, 2012, Pages 21-38

  Óladóttir, Bergrún Arna ^a,b   Larsen, Guðrún ^a   Sigmarsson, Olgeir ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

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