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Ingi Þorleifur Bjarnason - Research Scientist
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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Ingi Þorleifur Bjarnason
Íslenska
Research Scientist
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Location
Askja / N-325
Phone
525 - 4817
8440712
Email
ingib [at] hi.is
Unit
Institute of Earth Sciences
Website
https://notendur.hi.is/ingib/
Curriculum Vitae
Ingi Þorleifur Bjarnason - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5716-7053
Research portal – Ingi Þorleifur Bjarnason
Education
1992
,
Ph.D.
,
Columbia University in the City of New York
,
Geophysics
1987
,
M.S.
,
University of Utah
,
Geophysics
1983
,
B.Sc(Hons.)
,
University of Edinburgh
,
Geophysics
1978
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð
,
Matriculation examination
Professional Experience
2016 -
,
Research professor,
Science Institute of University of Iceland
1996 -
2016,
Associate scientist,
Science Institute of University of Iceland
1995 -
1996,
Research scientist,
Science Institute of University of Iceland
1993 -
1994,
Post doctoral fellow,
Carnegie Institution of Washington in DC
1992 -
1992,
Post doctoral fellow,
Columbia University in the City of New York
Published works
2023
Evolution of Stresses Over Conjugate Faults in Hjalli‐Ölfus, South Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2020
Seismic and geodetic response to crustal deformation in Krísuvík volcanic system, southwest Iceland
Seismicity on Conjugate Faults in Ölfus, South Iceland: Case Study of the 1998 Hjalli-Ölfus Earthquake
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Interseismic stress field variations in Hjalli-Ölfus, SW Iceland
The Great Geysir and tectonic interactions in South Iceland
2019
Ölfus seismicity in Iceland - I: Relative seismic relocations and spatio-temporal evolutions
EGU General Assembly Conference 2019
Failures on orthogonal fault systems: A case study in southwest Iceland
AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Absolute and relative location errors in double-difference relative earthquake locations in Southwest Iceland
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 2019
Ölfus seismicity in Iceland - II: seismic stress inversions and seismotectonic implications
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 2019
2018
Monte Carlo method for coupled earthquake locations and 1D velocity structure determination: 'Minimum' models with constant velocity gradient layers
EGU General Assembly Conference 2018
In situ velocity changes in the crust in South Iceland prior to significant earthquakes?
Friday seminar, Institute of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Iceland
Seismotectonics and triggered earthquakes in the Geysir Area in Iceland
EGU General Assembly Conference 2018
4D Seismic velocity structure in S-Iceland.
IS-NOISE Kick-off meeting, 2018. Icelandic Met Office.
Stability of the double-difference earthquake location method with respect to input parameters and data sub-sampling in South Iceland
EGU General Assembly Conference 2018
Monte Carlo with simulated annealing method for coupled earthquake locations and 1D velocity structure determination: 'Minimum' models with constant velocity gradient layers
Geoscience Society of Iceland, Spring Meeting 2018
2017
Seismotectonics of the Geysir area in South Iceland during the years 1995 to 2001, revealed with relative earthquake locations
IMAGE Final Conference 2017, Akureyri, Iceland
Seismotectonics of the Geysir Area in South Iceland during the period 1995 to 2001
Geoscience Society of Iceland, Autumn Meeting 2017
One dimensional ray tracer for 4D seismic project
University of Iceland
Double-difference relocation of earthquakes in South Iceland
EGU General Assembly Conference 2017
In situ seismic velocity changes in Southern Iceland
EGU General Assembly Conference 2017
Investigation of temporal and lateral variations of seismic velocities in south Iceland using ray tracing.
EGU General Assembly Conference 2017
2016
Method to find the minimum 1D linear gradient model for seismic tomography
Fundamenta Informaticae
Relative earthquake location in Southern Iceland
NORSEM 2016
In situ seismic velocity changes in Southern Iceland
NORSEM 2016
2014
Earthquake Sequence 1973–1996 in Bárðarbunga Volcano: Seismic Activity Leading up to Eruptions in the NW-Vatnajökull Area
Jökull
4-D Seismic Tomography for the Complex System of Strong Earthquakes: Formulation of a Problem
ISCS 2013: Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 8.
Earthquake Sequence 1973–1996 in Bárðarbunga Volcano: Seismic Activity Leading up to Eruptions in the NW-Vatnajökull Area
Jokull
Earthquake Sequence 1973-1996 in Bardarbunga Volcano: Seismic Activity Leading up to Eruptions in the NW-Vatnajokull Area
Jökull
2009
The lithosphere and asthenosphere of the Iceland hotspot from surface waves
Geophysical Journal International
2008
An Iceland hotspot saga
Jökull
2007
The seismic low velocity of Iceland's mantle. The shape of a thermal and melt anomaly
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
2006
Iceland and the Ontong Java Plateau, a seismic comparison
Natural Science Symposium in Reykjavik 2006
2004
Temperature and melting of a ridge-centred plume with application to Iceland. Part II: Predictions for electromagnetic and seismic observables
Geophysical Journal International
2003
Part I. Geoscience sand Site Selection, GEOPHYSICS 2 - SEISMICITY, in Icelandic Deep Drilling Project, Feasibility Report.
National Energy Authority of Iceland
Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP): Drilling Targets for Supercritical Fluid
International Geothermal Conference, Reykjavík, Sept. 2003
The Lithosphere and Asthenosphere of the Iceland Hot Spot
IUGG 23 General Assembly, Sapparo, Japan
2002
Seismic evidence for a tilted mantle plume and north-south mantle flow beneath Iceland
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
The Plume, Lithosphere and Asthenosphere of Iceland
EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts 2002
Assessing the depth resolution of tomographic models of upper mantle beneath Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
Assessing the depth resolution of tomographic models of upper mantle structure beneath Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
Shear wave splitting across the Iceland hot spot: Results from the ICEMELT experiment
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Shear wave splitting across the Iceland hot spot: Results from the ICEMELT experiment
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
1999
The effect of local wind on seismic noise near 1 Hz at the MELT site and in Iceland
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
The effect of local wind on seismic noise near 1 Hz at the MELT site and in Iceland
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
The Effect of Local Wind on Seismic Noise near 1 Hz at the MELT Site and in Iceland
The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
How Thick is the Lithosphere in Iceland? How Large is the Velocity Inversion in the Asthenosphere and What Does it Mean?
American Geophysical Union, 1999 Fall Meeting, San Francisco
1998
Seismic evidence for a lower-mantle origin of the Iceland plume
Nature
Crustal structure above the Iceland mantle plume imaged by the ICEMELT refraction profile
Geophysical Journal International
Crustal structure above the Iceland mantle plume imaged by the ICEMELT refraction profile
Geophysical Journal International
1997
Seismic structure of the iceland mantle plume
Nature
"Eldhjarta Íslands": Leitin að jarðfræðilegri uppsprettu landsins.
Náttúrufræðingurinn
1996
Reinterpretation of the RRISP-77 Iceland shear-wave profiles
Geophysical Journal International
Reinterpretation of the RRISP-77 Iceland shear-wave profiles
Geophysical Journal International
Hot mantle transition zone beneath Iceland and the adjacent Mid-Atlantic Ridge inferred from P-to-S conversions at the 410- And 660-km discontinuities
Geophysical Research Letters
Initial results from the ICEMELT experiment: Body-wave delay times and shear-wave splitting across Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
Speculations on precursors and continuation of the 1996 volcanic episode under northwest Vatnajökull
Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reports
Hot mantle transition zone beneath Iceland and the adjacent Mid-Atlantic Ridge inferred from P-to-S conversions at the 410- and 660-km discontinuities
Geophysical Research Letters
Initial results from the ICEMELT experiment: Body-wave delay times and shear-wave splitting across Iceland (vol 23, pg 459, 1996)
Geophysical Research Letters
Initial results from the ICEMELT Experiment: Body-wave delay times and shear-wave splitting across Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
1994
Reply
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
1993
The 1912 Iceland earthquake rupture: growth and development of a nascent transform system
Bulletin - Seismological Society of America
Application of the POCS inversion method to cross-borehole imaging
Geophysics
Tomographic image of the Mid-Atlantic Plate Boundary in southwestern Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research
Application of the POCS inversion method to cross‐borehole imaging
Geophysics
The 1912 Iceland earthquake rupture: Growth and development of a nascent transform system
Bulletin - Seismological Society of America
1991
Source mechanism of the 1987 Vatnafjöll Earthquake in south Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research
Source mechanism of the 1987 Vatnafjoll earthquake in south Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research
1989
Contemporary tectonics of the Wasatch front region, Utah, from earthquake focal mechanisms
Bulletin - Seismological Society of America
Contemporary tectonics of the Wasatch front region, Utah, from earthquake focal mechanisms
Bulletin - Seismological Society of America
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