The geology, volcanic activity, and age of Bouvetøya, South Atlantic

• Main Author: Prestvik, Tore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade dos Açores 1982
• Subjects: Geology; Volcanism; Bouvetøya; Nyrøysa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4912

International Symposium on the Activity of Oceanic Volcanoes. Ponta Delgada, 4-9 August 1980. The volcanic cone of Bouvetøya is built up of two formations. The older formation, of predominantly pyrodastic rocks which are typically hydrothermally altered, is overlain by a formation of mainly lava flo...