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Maclennan et al. 2002

Maclennan, J., Jull, M., McKenzie, D., Slater, L. and Grönvold, K. (2002). The link between volcanism and deglaciation in Iceland. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 3: doi: 10.1029/2001GC000282. issn: 1525-2027.

Temporal variation in the eruption rate and lava composition in the rift zones of Iceland is associated with deglaciation. Average eruption rates after the end of the last glacial period, ~12 kyr BP, were up to 100 times higher than those from both the glacial period and recent times (50 m yr-1.

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Keywords
Marine Geology and Geophysics, Midocean ridge processes, Mineralogy and Petrology, Igneous petrology, Volcanology, Magma migration, Geodesy and Gravity, Ocean/Earth/atmosphere interactions

Journal
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Publisher
American Geophysical Union
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