Nature 274, 126 - 130 (13 July 1978); doi:10.1038/274126a0

Lateral magma flow within rifted Icelandic crust

Haraldur Sigurdsson & Stephen R. J. Sparks

Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02835

Draining of high-level magma reservoirs of central volcanoes during rifting episodes can result in up to 70 km lateral magma flow within the crust and caldera collapse.

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