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Lava-Cooling Operations During the 1973 Eruption of Eldfell Volcano,
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of97-724/toc.html

 

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/heimaey/heimaey.html

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Introduction

The Eruption

Techniques of Cooling Lava

The Physics of Cooling Lava

The Aftermath

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