Rapid transcrustal magma movement under Iceland ...

• Main Authors: Mutch, Euan JF, Maclennan, John, Shorttle, Oliver, Edmonds, Marie, Rudge, John F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Nature 2019
• Subjects: 37 Earth Sciences; 3703 Geochemistry; 3705 Geology; 3706 Geophysics; Borgarhraun; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.41468; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/294367

Magma supply from the lower crust is often proposed as a trigger mechanism for volcanic eruptions. The timescales over which magma can be transported from the deepest parts of volcanic systems are, however, poorly constrained. This uncertainty poses problems for the construction of physical models a...