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Subglacial-to-emergent rhyolite eruptions (in preparation)
Lancaster Unversity Department of Environmental Sciences




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Much to be added soon on subglacial rhyolite tuyas at Torfajökull, including descriptions of.......

  • Ash-producing subglacial phase
  • Subaerial ash-producing phase
  • Subaerial lava-producing phase
  • Ice-marginal and peperitic lavas
- Hugh 06/03/01

SE Rauðufossafjöll, a rhyolite tuya at Torfajökull.



Reference on subglacial rhyolite tuyas
Tuffen H, McGarvie DW, Gilbert JS, Pinkerton H (in press) Physical volcanology of a subglacial-to-emergent rhyolitic tuya at Rauðufossafjöll, Torfajökull, Iceland. Journal of the Geological Society of London special edition: Volcano-ice interaction on Earth and Mars (ed. J.L. Smellie).



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