Evolution of a silicic magma reservoir in the upper crust : Reyðarártindur pluton, Southeast Iceland

• Main Author: Rhodes, Emma
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Mineralogi, petrologi och tektonik 2022
• Subjects: magma; magma emplacement; magma reservoir; floor subsidence; piecemeal subsidence; granite; pluton; cap-rock; magma mingling; magma plumbing systems; volcanic and igneous plumbing systems; eruption; Geology; Geologi; Reyðarártindur; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-472813

Field observations of extinct and exposed magma reservoirs shed light on processes operating in the roots of presently active volcanoes. The Reyðarártindur pluton, Southeast Iceland is an example of a fossil shallow magma reservoir that fed eruptions. The different chapters in this thesis examine th...