Laki fissure
The Laki eruptive fissure formed in the 1783-1784. The eruptive fissures are common in Iceland as well as along divergent plate boundaries. These fessure are the surface expression of dikes reaching the surface, sometimes producing huge eruption and lava flows.
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2012
Submitted on 28 February 2014
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Daniele Trippanera (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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