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Þorvaldur Þórðarson - Professor
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Þorvaldur Þórðarson
Íslenska
Professor
Professor in Volcanology and Petrology
Location
Askja / N-224
Phone
525 - 4428
Email
torvth [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Earth Sciences
Published Work
Þorvaldur Þórðarson - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Þorvaldur Þórðarson - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-7185
Research portal – Þorvaldur Þórðarson
Courses 2024 - 2025
JAR256F - Volcanic succession in Iceland and climate evolution in Iceland
JAR258F - Advanced Volcanology – eruption and shallow conduit processes
JAR514M - Volcanology
JAR513G - Geological Mapping
Collaboration
Áslaug Geirsdóttir, Ármann
,
Ben Edwards, Birgir
,
Ben Edwards, Birgir
Education
1995
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Hawaii
,
Volcanology
1990
,
M.Sc.
,
University of Texas at Austin
,
Volcanology
1988
,
B.Sc.
,
University of Iceland
,
Honours in Geology
1984
,
B.Sc.
,
University of Iceland
,
Geology
Professional Experience
2012 -
,
Professor,
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
2015 -
2015,
Visiting Professor,
School of Physical Sciences, University of Tasmania
2006 -
2013,
Reader,
School of Earth Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2003 -
2006,
Researcher,
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
2001 -
2006,
Researcher,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Manoa
2004 -
2004,
Visiting professor,
Blaise Pascal University, Fance
1996 -
2003,
Researcher,
Exploration and Mining, CSIRO, Australia
1994 -
1996,
Researcher,
Wairakei Research Centre, IGNS, New Zealand
1990 -
1994,
NASA Global Change Fellow,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1988 -
1990,
Research Fellow,
NVI, Iceland
1986 -
1987,
Field Instructor,
NVI, Reykjavík
1974 -
1986,
Independent Contractor in Construction,
Multiple (e.g. the Terminal at Keflavík airport)
1979 -
1980,
Teacher,
Borganes elementary school
1978 -
1979,
Teacher,
Selfoss elementary school
Published works
2024
Illuminating the Transition From an Open to a Semi‐Closed Volcanic Vent System Through Episodic Tremor Duration and Shape
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Evidence for Holocene Earthquakes along the Húsavík-Flatey Fault in North Iceland: Implications for the Seismic Behavior of Oceanic Transform Faults
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Deep crustal assimilation during the 2021 Fagradalsfjall Fires, Iceland
Nature
A Holocene history of climate, fire, landscape evolution, and human activity in northeastern Iceland
Climate of the Past
Moinui Flow on Mauna Loa: transport and deposition of an olivine crystal cargo in a compound basaltic lava flow
Volcanica
Overview of the shallow magma reservoir, conduit properties and effusion style throughout the 2021 eruption near Fagradalsfjall, Iceland
Modelling the 10th century Eldgjá eruption in Iceland and revisiting evidence of its climatic and environmental impacts
High-resolution Holocene record from Torfdalsvatn, north Iceland, reveals natural and anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial and aquatic environments
Supplementary material to "High-resolution Holocene record from Torfdalsvatn, north Iceland, reveals natural and anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial and aquatic environments"
2023
A mineralogical approach to the 2021 Geldingadalir eruption of the Fagradalsfjall Fires,SW-Iceland – the study of water in clinopyroxene phenocrystals
Depth of Magma Storage Under Iceland Controlled by Magma Fluxes
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
A Holocene history of climate, fire, landscape evolution, and human activity in Northeast Iceland
Illuminating the transition from an open to a semi-closed volcanic vent system through episodic tremor duration and shape
Years of deep magmatic upheaval preceding the 2021 eruption at Fagradalsfjall, Iceland
Eruption Parameters Measured In-flight during the 2022 Icelandic Meradalir Eruption
Holocene deformation on a transform fault: Insights from paleoseismology on the Húsavík-Flatey Fault in North Iceland
Seismic Tremor Reveals Changes in Episode Duration throughout the 2021 Geldingadalir Eruption, Iceland
Regional precipitation variability modulates Holocene fire history of Iceland
2022
Shallow conduit processes and sulfur release in the phreatomagmatic stages of the 1211 CE Younger Stampar eruption, Iceland
Multiple Early Holocene eruptions of Katla produced tephra layers with similar composition to the Vedde Ash
Supplementary material to "Multiple Early Holocene eruptions of Katla produced tephra layers with similar composition to the Vedde Ash"
Diverse mantle components with invariant oxygen isotopes in the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Iceland
Nature Communications
Crowd-sourcing observations of volcanic eruptions during the 2021 Fagradalsfjall and Cumbre Vieja events
Nature Communications
Crater Rim Collapses Affect the Lava Fountaining Frequency during the Fagradalsfjall Eruption, Iceland 2021
Characterising ice-magma interactions during a shallow subglacial fissure eruption: northern Laki, Iceland, a case study
2021
The explosive, basaltic Katla eruption in 1918, south Iceland II. Isopach map, ice cap deposition of tephra and layer volume
JOKULL
2020
The Saksunarvatn Ash and the G10ka series tephra. Review and current state of knowledge
Quaternary Geochronology
Lava Flow Roughness on the 2014–2015 Lava Flow-Field at Holuhraun, Iceland, Derived from Airborne LiDAR and Photogrammetry
Geosciences
Temporal and spatial evolution of the Neogene age Breiðdalur central volcano through 39Ar/40Ar and U-Pb age determination
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Mid-crustal storage and crystallization of Eyjafjallajökull ankaramites, South Iceland
JOKULL
Diffusion timescales of magmatic processes in the Moinui lava eruption at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, as inferred from bimodal olivine populations
Journal of Petrology
Lava–water interaction and hydrothermal activity within the 2014–2015 Holuhraun Lava Flow Field, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
A catalogue of major and trace element data for Icelandic Holocene silicic tephra layers
Journal of Quaternary Science
2019
The 2014-2015 lava flow field at Holuhraun, Iceland: Using airborne hyperspectral remote sensing for discriminating the lava surface
Remote Sensing
Formation of segregation structures in Hafnarhraun pāhoehoe lobe, SW Iceland: a window into crystal–melt separation in basaltic magma
Bulletin of Volcanology
The onset of neoglaciation in Iceland and the 4.2 ka event
Climate of the Past
Driving mechanisms of subaerial and subglacial explosive episodes during the 10th century Eldgjá fissure eruption, southern Iceland
Volcanica
Thermal model of lava in Mt. Agung during December 2017 episodes derived from Integrated SENTINEL 2A and ASTER remote sensing datasets
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Signature of deep mantle melting in South Iceland olivine
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
2018
The 1845 Hekla eruption: Grain-size characteristics of a tephra layer
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
The onset of Neoglaciation in Iceland and the 4.2 ka event
Climatic control on Icelandic volcanic activity during the mid-Holocene
Geology
Assessing impact to infrastructures due to tephra fallout from Öræfajökull volcano (Iceland) by using a scenario-based approach and a numerical model
Frontiers in Earth Science
Magmatic crystal records in time, space, and process, causatively linked with volcanic unrest
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
New insights for detecting and deriving thermal properties of lava flow using infrared satellite during 2014-2015 effusive eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland
Remote Sensing
Petrology and geochemistry of the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption, central Iceland: compositional and mineralogical characteristics, temporal variability and magma storage
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Total grain-size distribution of four subplinian–Plinian tephras from Hekla volcano, Iceland: Implications for sedimentation dynamics and eruption source parameters
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
The Volume of Lava Erupted During the 2014 to 2015 Eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland: A Comparison Between Satellite- and Ground-Based Measurements
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Provenance, stratigraphy and chronology of Holocene tephra from Vestfirðir, Iceland
Quaternary Geochronology
Interaction between central volcanoes and regional tectonics along divergent plate boundaries: Askja, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Paleomagnetism of Holocene lava flows from the Reykjanes Peninsula and the Tungnaá lava sequence (Iceland): implications for flow correlation and ages
Bulletin of Volcanology
2017
Rootless tephra stratigraphy and emplacement processes
Bulletin of Volcanology
Multiple coincident eruptive seismic tremor sources during the 2014–2015 eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Volatile and light lithophile elements in high-anorthite plagioclase-hosted melt inclusions from Iceland
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
REJUVENATION STAGE VOLCANIC SUCCESSION AT LAEO KILAUEA, KAUAI, HAWAII
Atmospheric processes affecting the separation of volcanic ash and SO<sub>2</sub> in volcanic eruptions: Inferences from the May 2011 Grímsvötn eruption
Strong constraints on aerosol-cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions
Nature
Fragmentation mechanisms associated with explosive lava–water interactions in a lacustrine environment
Bulletin of Volcanology
Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: A study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
Lava field evolution and emplacement dynamics of the 2014–2015 basaltic fissure eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Translations of volcanological terms: cross-cultural standards for teaching, communication, and reporting
Bulletin of Volcanology
Supplementary material to "Atmospheric processes affecting the separation of volcanic ash and SO<sub>2</sub> in volcanic eruptions: Inferences from the May 2011 Grímsvötn eruption"
The opening subplinian phase of the Hekla 1991 eruption: properties of the tephra fall deposit
Bulletin of Volcanology
Atmospheric processes affecting the separation of volcanic ash and SO
2
in volcanic eruptions: Inferences from the May 2011 Grímsvötn eruption
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Pāhoehoe, ‘a‘ā, and block lava: an illustrated history of the nomenclature
Bulletin of Volcanology
Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time
Gondwana Research
The rheological evolution of the 2014/2015 eruption at Holuhraun, central Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
2016
Dispersal of key subplinian–Plinian tephras from Hekla volcano, Iceland: implications for eruption source parameters
Bulletin of Volcanology
UNDERSTANDING FLOOD LAVAS: THE SAGA CONTINUES
Degassing and magma mixing during the eruption of Surtsey Volcano (Iceland, 1963–1967): the signatures of a dynamic and discrete rift propagation event
Bulletin of Volcanology
The architecture and shallow conduits of Laki-type pyroclastic cones: insights into a basaltic fissure eruption
Bulletin of Volcanology
Shallow conduit processes during the ad 1158 explosive eruption of Hekla volcano, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Conclusion: Recommendations and findings of the RED SEED working group
Geological Society Special Publication
Postglacial eruptive history of the Askja region, North Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Selective environmental stress from sulphur emitted by continental flood basalt eruptions
Nature Geoscience
Subglacial lava propagation, ice melting and heat transfer during emplacement of an intermediate lava flow in the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
Bulletin of Volcanology
Tracking timescales of short-term precursors to large basaltic fissure eruptions through Fe-Mg diffusion in olivine
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015
Rootless cone eruption processes informed by dissected tephra deposits and conduits
Bulletin of Volcanology
MeMoVolc consensual document: a review of cross-disciplinary approaches to characterizing small explosive magmatic eruptions
Bulletin of Volcanology
Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014-2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
Journal of Geophysical Research
Disruption of tephra fall deposits caused by lava flows during basaltic eruptions
Bulletin of Volcanology
Big grains go far: reconciling tephrochronology with atmospheric measurements of volcanic ash
The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka
Quaternary Science Reviews
The evolution and storage of primitive melts in the Eastern Volcanic Zone of Iceland: the 10 ka Grimsvotn tephra series (i.e. the Saksunarvatn ash)
Contributions To Mineralogy and Petrology
Supplementary material to "Big grains go far: reconciling tephrochronology with atmospheric measurements of volcanic ash"
Big grains go far: understanding the discrepancy between tephrochronology and satellite infrared measurements of volcanic ash
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Diffusive over-hydration of olivine-hosted melt inclusions
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2014
Holocene tephra from Iceland and Alaska in SE Greenland shelf sediments
Geological Society Special Publication
Assessing hazards to aviation from sulfur dioxide emitted by explosive Icelandic eruptions
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
Melt mixing causes negative correlation of trace element enrichment and CO2 content prior to an Icelandic eruption
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Monitoring the Magmas Fuelling Volcanic Eruptions in Near-real-time Using X-ray Micro-computed Tomography
Journal of Petrology
Volcanic plume height correlated with magma-pressure change at Grimsvotn Volcano, Iceland
Nature Geoscience
Reconstructing the deep CO2 degassing behaviour of large basaltic fissure eruptions
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Crystal Storage and Transfer in Basaltic Systems: the Skuggafjoll Eruption, Iceland
Journal of Petrology
The Cosmos greenstone succession, Agnew-Wiluna greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Geochemistry of an enriched Neoarchaean volcanic arc succession
Lithos
Volcanic plume height correlated with magma-pressure change at Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland
Nature Geoscience
Reply to comment by Cole-Dai et al. on "Climatic impact of the long-lasting Laki eruption: Inapplicability of mass-independent sulfur isotope composition measurements"
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
Dike emplacement at Bardarbunga, Iceland, induces unusual stress changes, caldera deformation, and earthquakes
Bulletin of Volcanology
Pyroclastic edifices record vigorous lava fountains during the emplacement of a flood basalt flow field, Roza Member, Columbia River Basalt Province, USA
Geological Society of America Bulletin
2013
Oxygen isotopes in melt inclusions and glasses from the Askja volcanic system, North Iceland
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
Mush Disaggregation in Basaltic Magma Chambers: Evidence from AD 1783 Laki Eruption (vol 53, pg 2593, 2012)
Journal of Petrology
Corrigendum to "Three-dimensional lithofacies variations in hyaloclastite deposits" [J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 250 (2013) 19-33]
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Three-dimensional lithofacies variations in hyaloclastite deposits (vol 250, pg 19, 2013)
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Physicochemical and toxicological profiling of ash from the 2010 and 2011 eruptions of Eyjafjallajokull and Grimsvotn volcanoes, Iceland using a rapid respiratory hazard assessment protocol
Environmental Research
Crystal-Melt Relationships and the Record of Deep Mixing and Crystallization in the ad 1783 Laki Eruption, Iceland
Journal of Petrology
UK monitoring and deposition of tephra from the May 2011 eruption of Grímsvötn, Iceland
Journal of Applied Volcanology
The 1874-1876 volcano-tectonic episode at Askja, North Iceland: Lateral flow revisited
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Seismicity observed under the Snaefellsjokull volcano
Jokull
U-Pb dating constraints on the felsic and intermediate volcanic sequence of the nickel-sulphide bearing Cosmos succession, Agnew-Wiluna greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Precambrian Research
Three-dimensional lithofacies variations in hyaloclastite deposits
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Observing Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull 2010 eruptions with the autonomous NASA Volcano Sensor Web
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
2012
Ash generation and distribution from the April-May 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland
Scientific Reports
Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption (Iceland): Fragmentation processes and aerodynamic behavior
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Distal deposition of tephra from the Eyjafjallajokull 2010 summit eruption
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Formation of Oskjuvatn caldera at Askja, North Iceland: Mechanism of caldera collapse and implications for the lateral flow hypothesis
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Melt inclusion constraints on the magma source of Eyjafjallajokull 2010 flank eruption
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Mush Disaggregation in Basaltic Magma Chambers: Evidence from the ad 1783 Laki Eruption
Journal of Petrology
Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained by sea-ice/ocean feedbacks
Geophysical Research Letters
Evaluation of the effects of composition on instrumental mass fractionation during SIMS oxygen isotope analyses of glasses
Chemical Geology
Interactions between lava and snow/ice during the 2010 Fimmvorouhals eruption, south-central Iceland
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Petrogenesis of the Solheimar ignimbrite (Katla, Iceland): Implications for tephrostratigraphy
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
Climatic impact of the long-lasting 1783 Laki eruption: Inapplicability of mass-independent sulfur isotopic composition measurements
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
Dynamics, stratigraphy and proximal dispersal of supraglacial tephra during the ice-confined 2004 eruption at Grimsvotn Volcano, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Volcanism and the atmosphere
Eos
Volcanism and the atmosphere
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
2011
New palaeointensity data from Holocene Icelandic lavas
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
Remobilization of silicic intrusion by mafic magmas during the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption
Solid Earth
Perception of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
Landscapes and Societies: Selected Cases
Lava-ground ice interactions in Elysium Planitia, Mars: Geomorphological and geospatial analysis of the Tartarus Colles cone groups
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets
Excess mortality in Europe following a future Laki-style Icelandic eruption
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A model for syn-eruptive groundwater flow during the phreatoplinian phase of the 28-29 March 1875 Askja volcano eruption, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Lava–ground ice interactions in Elysium Planitia, Mars: Geomorphological and geospatial analysis of the Tartarus Colles cone groups
Journal of Geophysical Research
Integrating multiple space and ground sensors to track volcanic activity
34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment - The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring
A 3000-year varved record of glacier activity and climate change from the proglacial lake Hvitarvatn, Iceland
Quaternary Science Reviews
2010
Explosive lava-water interactions I: architecture and emplacement chronology of volcanic rootless cone groups in the 1783-1784 Laki lava flow, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
T. Thordarson, S. Self, G. Larsen, S.K. Rowland, Á. Hoskuldsson (eds): Studies in volcanology---the legacy of George Walker (Special Publications of IAVCEI No. 2)
Bulletin of Volcanology
Perception of Volcanic Eruptions in Iceland
Landscapes and Societies
Explosive lava-water interactions II: self-organization processes among volcanic rootless eruption sites in the 1783-1784 Laki lava flow, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Microanalysis of tephra by LA-ICP-MS - Strategies, advantages and limitations assessed using the Thorsmork ignimbrite (Southern Iceland)
Chemical Geology
Tephra dispersal and eruption dynamics of wet and dry phases of the 1875 eruption of Askja Volcano, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
The impact of the 1783-1784 AD Laki eruption on global aerosol formation processes and cloud condensation nuclei
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Widespread dispersal of Icelandic tephra: how does the Eyjafjoll eruption of 2010 compare to past Icelandic events?
Journal of Quaternary Science
2009
Effusive activity in the 1963-1967 Surtsey eruption, Iceland: Flow emplacement and growth of small lava shields
Special Publications of IAVCEI
Tephra Layers in a Sediment Core from Lake Hestvatn, Southern Iceland: Implications for Evaluating Sedimentation Processes and Environmental Impacts on a Lacustrine System Caused by Tephra Fall Deposits in the Surrounding Watershed
Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Settings
Preface
Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Settings
The endogenous growth of pahoehoe lava lobes and morphology of lava-rise edges
Special Publications of IAVCEI
Segregations in Surtsey lavas (Iceland) reveal extreme magma differentiation during late stage flow emplacement
Special Publications of IAVCEI
Effects of megascale eruptions on Earth and Mars
Special Paper of the Geological Society of America
Melt segregations in a Columbia River Basalt lava flow: A possible mechanism for the formation of highly evolved mafic magmas
Lithos
A 2000 year record of climate variations reconstructed from Haukadalsvatn, West Iceland
Journal of Paleolimnology
Floods of water and lava in the Columbia River Basin: Analogs for Mars
GSA Field Guides
Abrupt shifts between wet and dry phases of the 1875 eruption of Askja Volcano: Microscopic evidence for macroscopic dynamics
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Determination of rapid Deccan eruptions across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary using paleomagnetic secular variation: 2. Constraints from analysis of eight new sections and synthesis for a 3500-m-thick composite section
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
Physical volcanology of continental large igneous provinces: Update and review
Special Publications of IAVCEI
2008
Contrasting styles of welding observed in the proximal Askja 1875 eruption deposits I: Regional welding
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Contrasting styles of welding observed in the proximal Askja 1875 eruption deposits II: Local welding
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Postglacial volcanism in Iceland
Jokull
The AD 1362 Oraefajokull eruption, SE Iceland: Physical volcanology and volatile release
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Katla volcano, Iceland: magma composition, dynamics and eruption frequency as recorded by Holocene tephra layers
Bulletin of Volcanology
2007
Melt mixing and crystallisation in the plumbing system of the 1783 Laki eruption
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
Survival of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap through the Holocene thermal maximum: Evidence from sulphur contents in Katla tephra layers (Iceland) from the last ∼8400 years
Annals of Glaciology
Volcanism in Iceland in historical time: Volcano types, eruption styles and eruptive history
Journal of Geodynamics
Role of syn-eruptive cooling and degassing on textures of lavas from the AD 1783-1784 Laki eruption, south Iceland
Journal of Petrology
Recent volatile evolution in the magmatic system of Hekla volcano, Iceland
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2006
Flood lavas on earth, Io and Mars
Journal of the Geological Society
High-latitude eruptions cast shadow over the African monsoon and the flow of the Nile
Geophysical Research Letters
Contamination of water supplies by volcanic ashfall: A literature review and simple impact modelling
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Volatile fluxes during flood basalt eruptions and potential effects on the global environment: A Deccan perspective
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Modeling the distribution of the volcanic aerosol cloud from the 1783-1784 Laki eruption
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
2005
Morphology, surface structures, and emplacement of lavas produced by Laki, A.D. 1783-1784
Special Paper of the Geological Society of America
Gas fluxes from flood basalt eruptions
Elements
Volcanic air pollution and mortality in France 1783-1784
Comptes Rendus Geoscience
Petrogenesis of lavas from Detroit Seamount: Geochemical differences between Emperor Chain and Hawaiian volcanoes
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
2004
Komatiites and nickel sulphide orebodies of the Black Swan area, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. 1. Petrology and volcanology of host rocks
Mineralium Deposita
Accretionary-lapilli-bearing pyroclastic rocks at ODP Leg 192 Site 1184: A record of subaerial phreatomagmatic eruptions on the Ontong Java Plateau
Geological Society Special Publication
Magma volume, volatile emissions, and stratospheric aerosols from the 1815 eruption of Tambora
Geophysical Research Letters
Icelandic analogs to Martian flood lavas
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Clustering within rootless cone groups on Iceland and Mars: Effect of nonrandom processes
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets
2003
Atmospheric and environmental effects of the 1783–1784 Laki eruption: A review and reassessment
Journal of Geophysical Research
Atmospheric and environmental effects of the 1783-1784 Laki eruption: A review and reassessment
Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres
Sulphur release from flood lava eruptions in the Veidivötn, Grímsvötn and Katla volcanic systems, Iceland
Geological Society Special Publication
The Emperor Seamounts: Southward motion of the Hawaiian hotspot plume in earth's mantle
Science
Atmospheric and environmental effects of the 1783-1784 Laki eruption: A review and reassessment
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
2002
Bimodal komatiite-dacite volcanism in the Black Swan area, Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Australia
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
Endogenous growth: It's role in the formation of internal pathways and the emplacement of mafic flow fields
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
Emplacement of komatiite flow fields: An inflationary model based on field evidence and modern mafic analogues
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
Decoupled hybrid boundary layers at the base of komatiite lava pathways: Omnipresent components of actively eroding lava pathways
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta
2001
Rootless cones on Mars indicating the presence of shallow equatorial ground ice in recent times
Geophysical Research Letters
New estimates of sulfur degassing and atmospheric mass-loading by the 934 AD Eldgja eruption, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Rootless cones on Mars indicating the presence of shallow equatorial ground ice in recent times
Geophysical Research Letters
2000
Discussion of: "Pulsed inflation of pahoehoe lava flows: implications for flood basalt emplacement", by S.W. Anderson, E.R. Stofan, E.R. Smrekar, J.E. Guest and B. Wood [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 168 (1999) 7-18]
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Terrestrial analogs and thermal models for Martian flood lavas
Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets
Magma origin and evolution of White Island (Whakaari) volcano, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Journal of Petrology
1999
Petrologic investigations of the 1995 and 1996 eruptions of Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand: formation of discrete and small magma pockets and their intermittent discharge
Bulletin of Volcanology
1998
The importance of pahoehoe
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
The Roza member, Columbia River Basalt Group: A gigantic pahoehoe lava flow field formed by endogenous processes?
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
The Roza Member, Columbia River Basalt Group: A gigantic pahoehoe lava flow field formed by endogenous processes?
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
1997
A radiocarbon age determination for Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) volcano, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Emplacement of continental flood basalt lava flows
Geophysical Monograph Series
A radiocarbon age determination for Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) volcano, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
1996
Sulfur, chlorine, and fluorine degassing and atmospheric loading by the 1783-1784 AD Laki (Skaftar fires) eruption in Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Sulfur, chlorine and fluorine degassing and atmospheric loading by the Roza eruption, Columbia River Basalt Group, Washington, USA
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
A new model for the emplacement of Columbia River Basalts as large, inflated pahoehoe lava flow fields
Geophysical Research Letters
1995
A MULTIFREQUENCY LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF ATTENUATION AND SCATTERING FROM VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS
Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
1994
ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL LOADING AND TRANSPORT DUE TO THE 1783-84 LAKI ERUPTION IN ICELAND, INTERPRETED FROM ASH PARTICLES AND ACIDITY IN THE GISP2 ICE CORE
Quaternary Research
1993
THE LAKI (SKAFTAR-FIRES) AND GRIMSVOTN ERUPTIONS IN 1783-1785
Bulletin of Volcanology
1992
THE 1991 ERUPTION OF HEKLA, ICELAND
Bulletin of Volcanology
The 1991 eruption of Hekla, Iceland
Bulletin of Volcanology
Correction to “Extreme magma homogeneity in the 1783-84 Lakagigar Eruption: ORigin of a large volume of evolved basalt in Iceland” by Olgeir Sigmarsson, Michel Condomines, Karl Gronvold, and Thorvaldur Thordarson
Geophysical Research Letters
Correction to “Extreme magma homogeneity in the 1783–84 Lakagigar Eruption: ORigin of a large volume of evolved basalt in Iceland” by Olgeir Sigmarsson, Michel Condomines, Karl Gronvold, and Thorvaldur Thordarson
Geophysical Research Letters
1991
EXTREME MAGMA HOMOGENEITY IN THE 1783-84 LAKAGIGAR ERUPTION - ORIGIN OF A LARGE VOLUME OF EVOLVED BASALT IN ICELAND
Geophysical Research Letters
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