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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Daniele Trippanera (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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