Volcano-ice interactions at Prestahnúkur, Iceland: Rhyolite eruption during the last interglacial-glacial transition

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: McGarvie, D. W., Stevenson, J. A., Burgess, R., Tuffen, H., Tindle, A. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Prestahnúkur; Annals of Glaciology; Ice Sheet; Iceland
• Online Access: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/3a2b7f22-7d06-418d-a919-f95357c4dedf; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756407782282453

Prestahnúkur is a 570 m high rhyolite glaciovolcanic edifice in Iceland's Western Rift Zone with a volume of 0.6 km3. Uniform whole rock, mineral and glass compositions suggest that Prestahnúkur was constructed during the eruption of one magma batch. Ar-Ar dating gives an age of 89 ± 24 ka, whi...