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    Eruptive history of an alkali basaltic diatreme from Elie Ness, Fife, Scotland

    The Elie Ness diatreme (Fife, Scotland) is an ideal place to study the internal architecture and emplacement processes of diatremes. Elie Ness is one of approximately 100 alkali basaltic diatremes and intrusio...

    T. M. Gernon, B. G. J. Upton, T. K. Hincks in Bulletin of Volcanology (2013)

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    The Gardar Igneous Province: Evidence for Proterozoic Continental Rifting

    Three principal episodes (at c. 1300, 1250 and 1170 Ma.) of faulting and associated alkaline magmatism are recognised in the evolution of the Gardar province in south Greenland.

    B. G. J. Upton, D. J. Blundell in Petrology and Geochemistry of Continental Rifts (1978)

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    The 1972 Eruption of Kartala volcano, grande comore

    A summit eruption of Kartala commenced on September 8th, 1972 and finished on October 5th, 1972. In the course of this eruption, approximately 5×106 m3 of alkali olivine basalt was erupted from a N-S fissure syst...

    B. G. J. Upton, W. J. Wadsworth, E. Latrille in Bulletin Volcanologique (1974)

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    Early volcanic rocks of réunion and their tectonic significance

    A great sequence of hydrothermally altered and tectonically disturbed lavas and breccias is exposed in the erosional cirques of Piton des Neiges volcano, Réunion. These rocks are cut by intense swarms of minor...

    B. G. J. Upton, W. J. Wadsworth in Bulletin Volcanologique (1969)

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    The basalts of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean

    Réunion consists of two shield volcanoes, Piton des Neiges (3069 m) and Piton de la Fournaise (2631 m). The former is extinct and deeply eroded, so that its internal structure is clearly displayed. The deepest...

    B. G. J. Upton, W. J. Wadsworth in Bulletin Volcanologique (1966)