Of interest - Bárðarbunga
Reduction of the accesscontrolled area around Holuhraun lava field
END OF ERUPTION declaredby the Scientific Board
Location map (detailed)around the new lava field
Bárðarbunga earthquakes3D interactive model
Thickness and volumeestimate from January 1st
Comparing historic sizes of lavafields: AD 934 and 1783
Gas dispersion model
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at the plate boundary, leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes. The
geological units are shown on the map in Figure 1. The Western Volcanic Zone (WVZ)
encompasses the part of the rift which enters land at the western tip of Reykjanes Peninsula
(RP), runs east along the peninsula to the Hengill region, where it turns northward. East off the
Hengill region the rifting shifts approximately 90/media/vedurstofan/utgafa/skyrslur/2009/VI_2009_012.pdf
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1992 09 167 124 167 98
1995 07 1994 1759 599 368
1995 10 96 62 73 37
1997 07 921 728 330 184
2000 08 1240 1083 365 221
2002 09 689 582 267 160
2003 11 241 207 139 98
2006 04 1370 1340 300 270
2008 10 1350 1290 300 265
The origin of the 1957, 1960, 1964 and 1966 jökulhlaups is not certain but is most likely the eastern cauldron. The discharge
and volume for the 1995 jökulhlaup are a sum from
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