- Title
Increased mantle melting beneath Snaefellsjokull volcano during late Pleistocene deglaciation.
- Authors
Hardarson, B.S.; Fitton, J.G.
- Abstract
Demonstrates that the reduction of pressure in the mantle of Iceland's Snaefellsjokull volcano caused by the unloading of ice was sufficient to affect magma composition. Methods; Results; Discussion.
- Subjects
ICELAND; VOLCANOES
- Publication
Nature, 1991, Vol 353, Issue 6339, p62
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/353062a0