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Morphometry of subaerial shield volcanoes and glaciovolcanoes from
Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland: Effects of eruption environment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
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Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland: Effects of eruption environment. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
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A tuff cone erupted under frozen-bed ice (northern
Victoria Land, Antarctica): linking glaciovolcanic and cosmogenic nuclide data for ice sheet reconstructions.
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As the mountain is easily recognized from afar, eg. from
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which concentrated in the end at one vent. Except the cone, also some small subglacially formed hills to the north are results of this eruption.
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523:Krýsuvík (volcanic system)
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332:Formation
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