Disparate impacts of the Eldgjá and Laki flood-lava eruptions

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Morison, Conner A G, Oppenheimer, Clive, Thordarson, Thorvaldur, Newton, Anthony J, Moreland, William M, Dugmore, Andrew J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2024
• Subjects: Eldgjá; Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09596836241254478; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09596836241254478; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/09596836241254478

The Eldgjá eruption of ~ 939 AD is recognised as the largest in Iceland since Settlement, and ranks among the largest late-Holocene volcanic episodes on Earth. It disgorged > 21.0 km 3 (Dense Rock Equivalent) of magma as lava flows (~ 19.7 km 3 ) and tephra deposits (> 1.3 km 3 DRE), comprisin...