Environmental pressure from the 2014–15 eruption of Bárðarbunga volcano, Iceland

• Published in: Geochemical Perspectives Letters
• Main Authors: Gislason, S.R., Stefánsdóttir, G., Pfeffer, M.A., Barsotti, S., Jóhannsson, T., Galeczka, I., Bali, E., Sigmarsson, Olgeir, Stefánsson, Andri, N.S., Keller, Sigurdsson, A., Bergsson, B., Galle, B., Jacobo, V.C., Arellano, Santiago, Aiuppa, A., Jónasdóttir, E.B., Eiríksdóttir, E.S., Jakobsson, Sigurdur, Guðfinnsson, G.H., Halldórsson, S.A., Gunnarsson, H., Haddadi, B., Jónsdóttir, I., Thordarson, Thor, Riishuus, Morten S., Högnadóttir, Thórdís, Dürig, T., Pedersen, G.D.M., Höskuldsson, Ármann, Gudmundsson, M.T.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV), Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Icelandic Meteorological Office, Department of Earth and Space Sciences Göteborg, Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo, Fluids and Volatiles Laboratory, University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-2020 (UCA 2017-2020 )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-2020 (UCA 2017-2020 )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne 2017-2020 (UCA 2017-2020 )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Iceland Reykjavik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; Bardarbunga; Iceland
• Online Access: https://uca.hal.science/hal-02115370; https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.1509

International audience The effusive six months long 2014-2015 Bardarbunga eruption (31 August- 27 February) was the largest in Iceland for more than 200 years, producing 1.6 +/- 0.3 km(3) of lava. The total SO2 emission was 11 +/- 5 Mt, more than the amount emitted from Europe in 2011. The ground le...