Magma storage conditions below Eyjafjöll, based on clinopyroxene macrocrysts and gabbro xenoliths from Seljalandsheiði and Brattaskjól, Iceland

• Main Author: Bryndís Ýr Gísladóttir 1992-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Steindir; Kristallafræði; Rannsóknir; Eyjafjallajökull; Fimmvörðuháls; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/29509

Large clinopyroxene macro- and megacrysts along with gabbroic-xenoliths were discovered in the Upper Pleistocene “ankaramite” outcrops of Seljalandsheiði and Brattaskjól from Eyjafjallajökull, in the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland. The pyroxenes are mostly of augite composition, though a few can b...