
A clean cut through rock
A dyke forced its way through a fine-grained, layered volcanic rock that was eroded by wind, snow and rain at the eastern part of Dyngjufjöll in Iceland. The contact between dyke and host rock is a mm-thick, black, glassy layer while the dykes brown interior is glass altered by heat and water.
Taken on 2
July
2017
Submitted on 10 February 2018
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- Cryospheric Sciences (650)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (835)
- Hydrological Sciences (604)
- Natural Hazards (466)
- Seismology (208)
Location
- Europe (3408)
- Northern Europe (798)
- Iceland (258)
- Exact location (-16.5907 W, 65.0334 N)
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Credit: Eva P. S. Eibl (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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