Using scoria cones, lava lakes and tephra islands to understand the evolution of basaltic fissure eruptions

• Published in: Geology Today
• Main Authors: Reynolds, P., Brown, R.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Lava Lake; Lava Lakes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gto.12223; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgto.12223; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gto.12223

Basaltic fissure eruptions are the most common eruption type on Earth. They are characterised by linear lava fountains that construct pyroclastic cones and expansive lava flow fields. The histories of these eruptions can be notoriously difficult to interpret due to the geochemical homogeneity of the...