Continuous mush disaggregation during the long-lasting Laki fissure eruption, Iceland

• Main Authors: Neave, David A., Buisman, Iris, Maclennan, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: McLean, VA : GeoScienceWorld 2017
• Subjects: Mush disaggregation; basalt; automated mineralogy; crystal size distributions; textures; Dynamics of Magmatic Processes; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften550 | Geowissenschaften; Dewey; Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15488/4141; https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/4175

Plagioclase textures were investigated in the products of the voluminous 1783–1784 CE Laki eruption from the Eastern Volcanic Zone (EVZ) of Iceland to establish whether mush disaggregation occurred solely at the onset of the eight-month eruption or throughout its whole duration. Phase proportions an...