Provenance of basaltic tephra from Vatnajökull subglacial volcanoes, Iceland, as determined by major- and trace-element analyses

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Óladóttir, Bergrún Arna, Sigmarsson, Olgeir, Larsen, Gudrún, Devidal, Jean-Luc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2011
• Subjects: Kverkfjöll; Vatnajökull; Ice cap; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400456; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683611400456; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683611400456

The Holocene eruption history of subglacial volcanoes in Iceland is largely recorded by their tephra deposits. The numerous basaltic tephra offer the possibility to make the tephrochronology in the North Atlantic area more detailed and, therefore, more useful as a tool not only in volcanology but al...