Flat-topped volcanic edifices in Vonarskarð, Central Iceland, and on the Kolbeinsey Ridge

• Main Author: Koleszar, Markus Thomas, 1989-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Jarðvísindi; Bergfræði; Bólstraberg; Gosberg; Eldvirkni; Vonarskarð; Bárðarbunga; Kolbeinseyjarhryggur; Rannsóknir; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Flat Top; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/33508

A group of several basaltic volcanic edifices in Vonarskarð at the flank of Bárðarbunga volcano in Central Iceland, were observed to have flat tops characteristic of tuyas identified in Iceland and elsewhere. However, these edifices lack subaerial lava flows on their summits, which are generally use...