From partial melting to lava emplacement: the petrogenesis of some Icelandic basalts

• Main Author: Nikkola, Paavo
• Other Authors: Tapani Rämö; Þorvaldur Þórðarsson, Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), University of Helsinki, University of Iceland, Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki; Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland 2020
• Subjects: Basalt; Bergkvika; Jarðmöttull; Jarðvísindi; Doktorsritgerðir; Hvammsmúli; Vestmannaeyjar; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1584

This thesis provides insights into the petrogenesis of Iceland basalts via three subprojects. The first uses olivine macrocrysts as a proxy for mantle melting conditions below Iceland, the second utilizes petrological thermobarometry to resolve the crustal storage conditions of the most primitive ba...