The Eyjafiallajökull 2010 eruption and the preservation of medium-sized eruptions in marine surface sediment, offshore southern Iceland

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Bonanati, Christina, Wehrmann, Heidi, Portnyagin, Maxim, Hoernle, Kaj
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Askja; Katla; Lakagígar; Veiðivötn; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35411/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35411/1/Bonanati.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35411/7/urn_cambridge.org_id_binary_20170525095607504-0788_S0033589417000151_S0033589417000151sup005.docx; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35411/8/urn_cambridge.org_id_binary_20170525095607504-0788_S0033589417000151_S0033589417000151sup006.docx; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35411/10/urn_cambridge.org_id_binary_20170525095607504-0788_S0033589417000151_S0033589417000151sup001.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.15

The recent volcanic eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull 2010 and Grímsvötn 2011 demonstrated the risks that mediumsized explosive Icelandic eruptions pose to the North Atlantic region. Using the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption as a case study, we assess how traceable such eruptions are in the marine sedime...