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- Introduction
- Icelandic Volcanism
- Events of May-July, 1783 (Southwest Fissures)
- Events of August 1783 - February 1784 (Northeast Fissures)
- Styles of Basaltic Eruption
- Styles of Basaltic Eruption at Lakagígar
- Background: Mantle convection, decompression melting, and mid-ocean ridges
- Decompression Melting
- Death, destruction, and degassing from the 1783-84 eruption of Lakagígar
- Benjamin Franklin: Politician, Inventor, Climatologist
- Lab Activity: Mentos and Magma
- Summary and Final Tasks