Geomorphologic Map of the Fissure 3 Lava Channel of the 1783-1784 Laki Eruption , Iceland

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Author	Huff, Alexandra E.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Over the course of eight months, the Grímsvötn volcanic complex in the East Volcanic Zone fed the 1783-1784 Laki eruption in South Iceland (Thordarson and Self, 1993). The source of the Laki eruption were ten en echelon fissures that formed a linear row of cones and craters, called Lakagígar, which trends 045° and decreases in age to the northeast (Thordarson and Self, 1993). Two cones formed by Fissure 3 fed the Eastern and Western branches which converged at the Confluence and became the Main Branch (Fig. 1). The West Branch is 0.6 km long and the East Branch is 1.5 km long (Fig. 1). From the Confluence, the Main Branch continues roughly 2.5 km and then opens into Chaos Pond which is 0.25 – 0.45 km wide and 1.0 – 1.1 km long (Fig. 1).
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