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Sigmarsson et al. 1991
Sigmarsson, O., Condomines, M., Grönvold, K. and Thordarson, T. (1991). Extreme magma homogeneity in the 1783–84 Lakagigar Eruption: Origin of a large volume of evolved basalt in Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL02328. issn: 0094-8276.

Precise measurements of U and Th concentrations and Sr, Th and O isotopes in a suite of samples from the 1783-84 Lakagigar eruption, reveal an extreme homogeneity in the 15 km3 lave flow. However, geochemical constraints suggest that the quartz-tholeiite magma results from the assimilation of approximately 20% of the lower crust by a mantle derived olivine-tholeiite magma. The constant magma composition thus implies vigorous convection and efficient mixing before eruption, probably in a reservoir at the crust mantle boundary. The same deep reservoir probably also fed a shallow magma chamber below Grimsv¿tn, inducing simultaneous activity in both Lakagigar and Grimsv¿tn central volcano. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991

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Mineralogy, Petrology, and Rock Chemistry, Igneous petrology, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Rock Chemistry, Isotope composition, Volcanology, Magma migration, Volcanology, Physics and chemistry of magma bodies
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Geophysical Research Letters
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