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Páll Einarsson - Professor Emeritus
–
Páll Einarsson
Íslenska
Professor Emeritus
- Geophysics
Location
Askja / N-366
Phone
525 - 4816
Email
palli [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Website
https://notendur.hi.is/~palli/
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6893-9626
Research portal – Páll Einarsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
JEÐ205F - Seminar on Current Geological Events
LAN513M - Natural hazards: Physical Processes
Collaboration
,
University of Colorado, Boulder
,
Carnegie Institute, Washington
,
Carnegie Institute
,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York
,
Cambridge University
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
Education
1975
,
Ph.D.
,
Columbia University, New York
,
Major in seismology, minors in general geology, physics and structural geology
1970
,
Vordiplom
,
University of Göttingen
,
Physics, minors in mathematics and chemistry
1967
,
Stúdentspróf
,
Reykjavík Senior High School
,
1967
,
,
Reykjavík College of Music
,
Cello and composition
Professional Experience
1999 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
2010 -
,
Faculty board of Geosciences,
University of Iceland
2012 -
2012,
Visiting scientist,
Volcano Observatory, Reunion
1985 -
2010,
seismologist,
Raunvísindastofnun
2004 -
2004,
Visiting scientist,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
2001 -
2003,
Head of Department of Physics,
University of Iceland
1998 -
1998,
Visiting Fellow,
St. Edmunds College, Cambridge
1997 -
1998,
,
1997 -
1998,
Senior research scientist,
Science Institute, University of Iceland
1998 -
1998,
Visiting scientist,
Bullard Laboratories
1994 -
1997,
Professor,
University of Iceland
1992 -
1994,
,
1975 -
1994,
Senior research scientist,
Science Institute, University of Iceland
1993 -
1994,
,
1975 -
1994,
Lecturer, teaching courses in geophysics, physics, seismology, tectonics and volcanology.,
University of Iceland
1975 -
1990,
,
1986 -
1990,
Member of the University Senate,
University of Iceland
1988 -
1989,
,
1983 -
1987,
Head of the Geophysics division and member of the Board of Directors,
Science Institute
1987 -
1987,
,
1983 -
1987,
,
1978 -
1978,
,
1975 -
1975,
Advisor,
Civil protection division
1970 -
1975,
Graduate research assistant,
Lamont - Doherty Geological Observatory
1974 -
1975,
Teaching assistant,
Columbia University
Published works
2024
Widespread fracture movements during a volcano-tectonic unrest: the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, from 2019–2021 TerraSAR-X interferometry
Bulletin of Volcanology
2023
Tectonic framework and fault structures in the Fagradalsfjall segment of the Reykjanes Peninsula Oblique Rift, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
2022
Volcanic tremor associated with the Surtsey eruption of 1963–1967
Jokull
2021
Fracture Kinematics and Holocene Stress Field at the Krafla Rift, Northern Iceland
Geosciences
A Harmonised Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue for Iceland and the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Eysteinn Tryggvason 1924–2021. Minning
JOKULL
A Harmonized Instrumental Earthquake Catalog for Iceland and the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The analog seismogram archives of Iceland: Scanning and preservation for future research
JOKULL
2020
Operational response and hazards assessment during the 2014–2015 volcanic crisis at Bárðarbunga volcano and associated eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Geodynamics of Iceland and the signatures of plate spreading
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Rifting Kinematics Produced by Magmatic and Tectonic Stresses in the North Volcanic Zone of Iceland
Frontiers in Earth Science
Variation in b-value of caldera earthquakes during recent activity of the Bárðarbunga Volcano in Iceland
JOKULL
The 2011 unrest at Katla volcano: seismicity and geological context
JOKULL
Historical accounts of pre-eruption seismicity of Katla, Hekla, Öræfajökull and other volcanoes in Iceland
JOKULL
The structure of seismogenic strike-slip faults in the eastern part of the Reykjanes Peninsula Oblique Rift, SW Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
A half-century of geologic and geothermic investigations in Iceland: The legacy of Kristján Sæmundsson
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Unexpected large eruptions from buoyant magma bodies within viscoelastic crust
Nature Communications
Fault kinematics at the Hengill Triple Junction, SW-Iceland, derived from surface fracture pattern
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Seismicity of the Reykjanes Peninsula 1971–1976
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2019
Evolution of migrating transform faults in anisotropic oceanic crust: Examples from iceland
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
2018
Magma movements in volcanic plumbing systems and their associated ground deformation and seismic patterns
Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems: Understanding Magma Transport, Storage, and Evolution in the Earth's Crust
Short-term seismic precursors to Icelandic eruptions 1973-2014
Frontiers of Earth Science
2017
Evolution of deformation and stress changes during the caldera collapse and dyking at Bárdarbunga, 2014–2015: Implication for triggering of seismicity at nearby Tungnafellsjökull volcano
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Deformation in the Northern Volcanic Zone of Iceland 2008–2014: An interplay of tectonic, magmatic, and glacial isostatic deformation
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
The 2011 unrest at Katla volcano: Characterization and interpretation of the tremor sources
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2016
Long-period seismic events with strikingly regular temporal patterns on Katla volcano's south flank (Iceland)
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Fracture movements and graben subsidence during the 2014 Bárdarbunga dike intrusion in Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow
Science
Partitioning of Holocene kinematics and interaction between the Theistareykir Fissure Swarm and the Husavik-Flatey Fault, North Iceland
Journal of Structural Geology
Fracture systems of the Northern Volcanic Rift Zone, Iceland: An onshore part of the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary
Geological Society Special Publication
Joint relative location of earthquakes without a pre-defined velocity model: An example from a peculiar seismic cluster on Katla volcano's south-flank (Iceland)
Geophysical Journal International
Fissure swarms and fracture systems within the Western Volcanic Zone, Iceland – Effects of spreading rates
Journal of Structural Geology
2015
The interaction of fissure swarms and monogenetic lava shields in the rift zones of Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Fracturing and earthquake activity within the Prestahnúkur fissure swarm in the Western Volcanic Rift Zone of Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Kilometer-scale Kaiser effect identified in Krafla volcano, Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
2014
Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland
Nature
2013
New insights into volcanic activity from strain and other deformation data for the Hekla 2000 eruption
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2012
The Kverkfjöll fissure swarm and the eastern boundary of the Northern Volcanic Rift Zone, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
The Krafla fissure swarm, Iceland, and its formation by rifting events
Bulletin of Volcanology
Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land
Nature Geoscience
2011
Increased capture of magma in the crust promoted by ice-cap retreat in Iceland
Nature Geoscience
2010
Lower-crustal earthquakes caused by magma movement beneath Askja volcano on the north Iceland rift
Bulletin of Volcanology
The 2008 May 29 earthquake doublet in SW Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull explosive eruption
Nature
2 Katla and Eyjafjallajökull Volcanoes
Developments in Quaternary Science
New mass increase beneath Askja volcano, Iceland - a precursor to renewed activity?
Terra Nova
Effect of tectonics and earthquakes on geothermal activity near plate boundaries: A case study from South Iceland
Geothermics
2009
Glacial rebound and plate spreading: Results from the first countrywide GPS observations in Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
The fissure swarm of the Askja volcanic system along the divergent plate boundary of N Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
2008
Radon changes associated with the earthquake sequence in June 2000 in the South Iceland Seismic Zone
Pure and Applied Geophysics
Seismic and geodetic insights into magma accumulation at Katla subglacial volcano, Iceland: 1999 to 2005
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2007
Discriminating volcano deformation due to magma movements and variable surface loads: Application to Katla subglacial volcano, Iceland
Geophysical Journal International
Glacio-isostatic deformation around the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland, induced by recent climate warming: GPS observations and finite element modeling
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Controlling factors on earthquake swarms associated with magmatic intrusions; Constraints from Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Crustal deformation associated with the 1996 Gjálp subglacial eruption, Iceland: InSAR studies in affected areas adjacent to the Vatnajökull ice cap
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2006
Deflation of the Askja volcanic system: Constraints on the deformation source from combined inversion of satellite radar interferograms and GPS measurements
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Seismicity crisis at the Katla volcano, Iceland-signs of a cryptodome?
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Low-frequency earthquakes at the Torfajökull volcano, south Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Volcano geodesy and magma dynamics in Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Current plate movements across the Mid-Atlantic ridge determined from 5 years of continuous GPS measurements in Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Tectonic stress and magma chamber size as controls on dike propagation: Constraints from the 1975-1984 Krafla rifting episode
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2005
Styles of surface rupture accompanying the June 17 and 21, 2000 earthquakes in the South Iceland Seismic Zone
Tectonophysics
Geodetic GPS measurements in south Iceland: Strain accumulation and partitioning in a propagating ridge system
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Seismic activity related to the 2000 eruption of the Hekla volcano, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
2004
Reverse-slip structures at oceanic diverging plate boundaries and their kinematic origin: Data from Tertiary crust of west and south Iceland
Journal of Structural Geology
Coseismic stress changes and crustal deformation on the Reykjanes Peninsula due to triggered earthquakes on 17 June 2000
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Seismic constraints on magma chambers at Hekla and Torfajökull volcanoes, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
2003
Volcanic tremor related to the 1991 eruption of the Hekla volcano, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Recent unrest and magma movements at Eyjafjallajökull and Katla volcanoes, Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Deformation of Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland: 1998 eruption and subsequent inflation
Geophysical Research Letters
2002
Earthquake activity related to the 1991 eruption of the Hekla volcano, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Strike-slip faulting, normal faulting, and lateral dike injections along a single fault: Field example of the Gljúfurá fault near a Tertiary oblique rift-transform zone, Borgarfjörour, west Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
2001
Crustal structure of the northern Reykjanes Ridge and Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Crustal deformation at the oblique spreading Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland: GPS measurements from 1993 to 1998
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Crustal deformation measured by GPS in the South Iceland Seismic Zone due to two large earthquake in June 2000
Geophysical Research Letters
1999
Crust generated above the Iceland mantle plume: From continental rift to oceanic spreading center
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
GPS-meßkampagne 1995 zur bestimmung von deformationen der Erdkruste in Südwestisland
Zeitschrift fur Vermessungswesen
1998
Estimation of source parameters and Q from acceleration recorded in the Vatnafjöll earthquake in south Iceland
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
1997
Recent interdisciplinary research in the neovolcanic zone of Iceland using SAR data
European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Seismicity around the Hekla and Torfajökull volcanoes, Iceland, during a volcanically quiet period, 1991-1995
Bulletin of Volcanology
Center of the Iceland hotspot experiences volcanic unrest
Eos
Färoe-Iceland Ridge Experiment: 2. Crustal structure of the Krafla central volcano
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
Extension across a divergent plate boundary, the Eastern Volcanic Rift Zone, south Iceland, 1967-1994, observed with GPS and electronic distance measurements
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
The 1994-1995 seismicity and deformation at the Hengill triple junction, Iceland: Triggering of earthquakes by minor magma injection in a zone of horizontal shear stress
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
1996
Reinterpretation of the RRISP-77 Iceland shear-wave profiles
Geophysical Journal International
1995
Plate boundary deformation and continuing deflation of the Askja volcano, North Iceland, determined with GPS, 1987-1993
Bulletin of Volcanology
Rift-transform kinematics in south Iceland: deformation from global positioning system measurements, 1986 to 1992
Journal of Geophysical Research
1994
Strain accumulation 1986–1992 across the Reykjanes Peninsula Plate Boundary, Iceland, determined from GPS measurements
Geophysical Research Letters
1993
The Iceland 1986 GPS geodetic survey: tectonic goals and data processing results
Bulletin Géodésique
1992
Post-rifting stress relaxation at the divergent plate boundary in Northeast Iceland
Nature
Magma chamber deflation recorded by the global positioning system: The Hekla 1991 Eruption
Geophysical Research Letters
The 1991 eruption of Hekla, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Glacio‐isostatic crustal movements caused by historical volume change of the Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland
Geophysical Research Letters
1991
Source mechanism of the 1987 Vatnafjoll earthquake in south Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research
Earthquakes and present-day tectonism in Iceland
Tectonophysics
1989
Implosive earthquakes at the active accretionary plate boundary in northern Iceland
Nature
1987
The Iceland GPS Geodetic Field Campain 1986
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
1984
Seismic activity preceding and during the 1983 volcanic eruption in Grimsvotn, Iceland.
Jokull
1983
The Hekla eruption 1980–1981
Bulletin Volcanologique
1982
Earthquake fractures in the districts Land and Rangarvellir in the south Iceland seismic zone.
Jokull
1981
Seismicity pattern in the South Iceland Seismic Zone.
Earthquake prediction: an international review
1980
Seismic structure of Iceland along RRISP-profile 1.
Journal of Geophysics - Zeitschrift fur Geophysik
Seismological evidence for lateral magma intrusion during the July 1978 deflation of the Krafla volcano in NE- Iceland.
Journal of Geophysics - Zeitschrift fur Geophysik
Recent earthquakes in the Hengill- Hellisheidi area in SW Iceland.
Journal of Geophysics - Zeitschrift fur Geophysik
1979
First results from the Reykjanes Ridge Iceland Seismic Project 1977 [6]
Nature
Seismicity and earthquake focal mechanisms along the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary between Iceland and the Azores
Tectonophysics
Seismic activity associated with the September 1977 deflation of the Krafla central volcano in northeastern Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
1978
S-wave shadows in the Krafla Caldera in NE-Iceland, evidence for a magma chamber in the crust
Bulletin Volcanologique
1977
The Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, earthquake swarm of September 1972 and its tectonic significance
Journal of Geophysical Research
Current rifting episode in north Iceland
Nature
1971
Rifting in Iceland: New geodetic data
Science
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