Petrology of the Hornfels Contact Zone around the Hrossatungur Gabbro in the Eroded Hafnarfjall Central Volcano, W Iceland.

• Main Author: Alnethary, Moneer Fathel, 1978-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Bergfræði; Eldstöðvar; Jarðlög; Kristallafræði; Rannsóknir; Borgarfjörður; Ferro; Hafnarfjall; Hrossatungur; Skarðsheiði; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/29498

This study focusses on a hornfels zone on the southern side of the Hrossatungur gabbro, within the Hafnarfjall-Skarðsheiði central volcano, W-Iceland. The intrusion formed by repetitive injections of basaltic cone sheets, which were trapped at a lava-pyroclastite boundary within the Hafnarfjall cald...