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Conduit formation and crustal microxenolith entrainment in a basaltic fissure eruption: Observations from Thríhnúkagígur Volcano, Iceland

Michael R Hudak; Maureen D Feineman; Peter C LaFemina; Halldór Geirsson; Samuele Agostini


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