Time constraints on the origin of large volume basalts derived from O-isotope and trace element mineral zoning and U-series disequilibria in the Laki and Grímsvötn volcanic system

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Bindeman, Ilya N., Sigmarsson, Olgeir, Eiler, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Laki; oxygen isotopes; diffusion; segregation; U-series disequilibria; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.029

The 1783–1784 AD fissure eruption of Laki (Iceland) produced 15 km^3 of homogeneous basaltic lavas and tephra that are characterized by extreme (3‰) ^(18)O-depletion relative to normal mantle. Basaltic tephra erupted over the last 8 centuries and as late as in November 2004 from the Grímsvötn...