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Bryndís Brandsdóttir - Retired Research Scientist
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Bryndís Brandsdóttir
Íslenska
Retired Research Scientist
senior research scientist seismology
Location
Askja / N-327
Phone
5254774
8646845
Email
bryndis [at] hi.is
Unit
Institute of Earth Sciences
Website
https://notendur.hi.is/~bryndis/raunvis/
Published Work
Bryndís Brandsdóttir - published work
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-0697
Research portal – Bryndís Brandsdóttir
Collaboration
W. Roger Buck
,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
William H. Menke
,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Torsten Dahm
,
University of Hamburg
Rolf Mjelde
,
University of Bergen
Robert S. White
,
University of Cambridge
Robert S. Detrick, Dan Fornari,
,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Neal Driscoll
,
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Larry Mayer
,
Center for Coastal Mapping, Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire
Jeff Karson
,
Syracuse University, USA
Hideki Shimamura, Yoshio Murai, Tetsuo Takanami,
,
Hokkaido University
Guðrún Helgadóttir, Einar Kjartansson,
,
Marine Research Institute
Emilie E.E. Hooft
,
Geophysics group, University of Oregon
Dave Mellinger and Robert Dziak
,
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Oregon State Unviersity
Carsten Riedel
,
Azores University
Iceland Geosurvey
,
Bjarni Richter, Kristján Sæmundsson
,
Education
1986
,
MS
,
Oregon State University
,
Geophysics
1978
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Geology
1978
,
BHon
,
University of Iceland
,
Geophysics
1974
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð
,
Matriculation examination
Professional Experience
2000 -
,
Research Scientist,
Science Institute
1995 -
2000,
Research Scholar,
Science Institute
1978 -
1994,
Research Specialist,
Science Institute
1976 -
1978,
Researcher,
Science Institute
Published works
2022
Deep long period seismicity preceding and during the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Seismic Volcanostratigraphy: The Key to Resolving the Jan Mayen Microcontinent and Iceland Plateau Rift Evolution
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Insights into the dynamics of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption using seismic interferometry and network covariance matrix analyses
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Ring Fault Slip Reversal at Bárðarbunga Volcano, Iceland: Seismicity during Caldera Collapse and Re‐Inflation 2014–2018
Geophysical Research Letters
2021
Volcanic tremor of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
Geophysical Journal International
A harmonised instrumental earthquake catalogue for Iceland and the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
13 million years of seafloor spreading throughout the Red Sea Basin
Nature Communications
Seismicity of the Northern Volcanic Zone of Iceland
Frontiers in Earth Science
2020
A half-century of geologic and geothermic investigations in Iceland: The legacy of Kristján Sæmundsson
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2019
The Jan Mayen microcontinent's Cenozoic stratigraphic succession and structural evolution within the NE-Atlantic
Marine and Petroleum Geology
Evolution of a lateral dike intrusion revealed by relatively-relocated dike-induced earthquakes: The 2014–15 Bárðarbunga–Holuhraun rifting event, Iceland
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Intense Seismicity During the 2014–2015 Bárðarbunga-Holuhraun Rifting Event, Iceland, Reveals the Nature of Dike-Induced Earthquakes and Caldera Collapse Mechanisms
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Intense Seismicity During the 2014–2015 Bárðarbunga‐Holuhraun Rifting Event, Iceland, Reveals the Nature of Dike‐Induced Earthquakes and Caldera Collapse Mechanisms
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Evolution of migrating transform faults in anisotropic oceanic crust: examples from Iceland
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
2018
Long-period seismicity reveals magma pathways above a laterally propagating dyke during a rifting event, Iceland.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 490, 216–229,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.020
Long-period seismicity reveals magma pathways above a laterally propagating dyke during the 2014–15 Bárðarbunga rifting event, Iceland
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Seismic Amplitude Ratio Analysis of the 2014–2015 Bár ∂arbunga-Holuhraun Dike Propagation and Eruption
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2017
The Jan Mayen microcontinent: An update of its architecture, structural development and role during the transition from the Ægir Ridge to the mid-oceanic Kolbeinsey Ridge
Geological Society Special Publication
Ambient noise tomography of Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2016
Closing crack earthquakes within the Krafla caldera, North Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29M
W
6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone
Geophysical Journal International
Focal mechanisms and size distribution of earthquakes beneath the Krafla central volcano, NE Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2015
Origin and evolution of the Kolbeinsey Ridge and Iceland Plateau, N-Atlantic
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Seismic imaging of the shallow crust beneath the Krafla central volcano, NE Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
Postglacial tectonic activity within the Skjálfandadjúp Basin, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, offshore Northern Iceland, based on high resolution seismic stratigraphy
Marine Geology
Kilometer-scale Kaiser effect identified in Krafla volcano, Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
2014
Seismogenic magma intrusion before the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland
Nature
2012
Using microearthquakes to track repeated magma intrusions beneath the Eyjafjallajkull stratovolcano, Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Magma mobilization by downward-propagating decompression of the Eyjafjallajkull volcanic plumbing system
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land
Nature Geoscience
2011
Confirmation of right whales near a nineteenthcentury whaling ground east of southern Greenland
Biology Letters
2007
Structure of the Grímsvötn central volcano under the Vatnajökull icecap, Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
2006
First results from the North Iceland experiment
Marine Geophysical Researches
Asymmetric plume-ridge interaction around Iceland: The Kolbeinsey Ridge Iceland Seismic Experiment
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Keywords for Specialisation:
Volcano seismology
Crustal structure
Marine geology and tectonics
Seismology
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