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The 1973 Heimaey Strombolian Scoria deposit, Iceland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Self ,
R. S. J. Sparks ,
B. Booth  and
G. P. L. Walker
S. Self
Affiliation:
(Imperial College), Department of Geology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
R. S. J. Sparks
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP
B. Booth
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP
G. P. L. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP
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Summary

The 1973 eruption on Heimaey, Iceland, presented the opportunity to study the interaction of the principal factors that control the formation of pyroclastic fall deposits. The grain size characteristics and the dispersal of some of the scoria fall units within the Eldfell Scoria deposit are described and related to observations made on the wind speed and direction, the height of the eruption column, the ‘muzzle’ velocity and the various styles of activity during the first month of the eruption.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 6 , November 1974 , pp. 539 - 548
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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