The evolution and storage of primitive melts in the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland: the 10 ka Grímsvötn tephra series (i.e. the Saksunarvatn ash)

• Published in: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
• Main Authors: Neave, David A., Maclennan, John, Thordarson, Thorvaldur, Hartley, Margaret E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2015
• Subjects: 05 - Petrology - Igneous; Metamorphic and Volcanic Studies; Hvítárvatn; Laki; Saksunarvatn; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3569/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3569/1/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00410-015-1170-3.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3569/2/410_2015_1170_Fig1_HTML.gif; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3569/3/410_2015_1170_MOESM1_ESM.xls; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3569/4/410_2015_1170_MOESM2_ESM.xls; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3569/5/410_2015_1170_MOESM3_ESM.eps; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-015-1170-3; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-015-1170-3

Major, trace and volatile elements were measured in a suite of primitive macrocrysts and melt inclusions from the thickest layer of the 10 ka Grímsvötn tephra series (i.e. Saksunarvatn ash) at Lake Hvítárvatn in central Iceland. In the absence of primitive tholeiitic eruptions (MgO > 7 wt%) withi...