Lithofacies Architecture and Construction of Volcanoes Erupted in Englacial Lakes: Icefall Nunatak, Mount Murphy, Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Settings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7-34

  Smellie, J L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effects of glacier physics on subglacial eruptions; Effects of thermal regime, glacier structure and hydrology on subglacial eruptions; Eruptions and eruption formed lakes; Evidence for a glacial setting for eruptions at icefall Nunatak; Geological background englacial lakes; Glacier hydrology; Glacier structure; Glacier thermal regime; Lithofacies and volcanic evolution of icefall Nunatak stages; Lithofacies architecture and construction of volcanoes erupted in englacial lakes Icefall Nunatak, Mount Murphy, eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PILES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EFFECTS OF GLACIER PHYSICS ON SUBGLACIAL ERUPTIONS; EVIDENCE FOR A GLACIAL SETTING FOR ERUPTIONS AT ICEFALL NUNATAK; GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; GLACIER HYDROLOGY; MARIE BYRD LAND; THERMAL REGIMES; VOLCANIC EVOLUTION;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 84948969746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304251.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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