Petrogenetic Evolution of the Torfajökull Volcanic Complex, Iceland II. The Role of Magma Mixing

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: McGARVIE, D. W., MACDONALD, R., PINKERTON, H., SMITH, R. L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1990
• Subjects: Articles; Torfajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/31/2/461; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/31.2.461

In southern Iceland, tholeiitic basalt magmas propagating laterally from the active Eastern Rift Zone into the older cmstal segment of the South Eastern Zone have been injected into Torfaj�kull, a mature volcanic centre dominated by rhyolites. Eruptions of complex suites of mixed and hybrid rocks ha...