Seismogenic magma intrusion before the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Iceland

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Tarasewicz, J., White, R. S., Brandsdóttir, B., Schoonman, C.M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2014
• Subjects: Seismology; Eyjafjallajokull; Fimmvörðuháls; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/198/2/906; https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu169

We present relatively relocated earthquake hypocentres for >1000 microearthquakes ( M L < 3) that occurred during the 2 weeks immediately prior to the 2010 March 20 fissure eruption at Fimmvörðuháls on the flank of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. Our hypocentre locations lie predominantly...