Lava field evolution and emplacement dynamics of the 2014–2015 basaltic fissure eruption at Holuhraun, Iceland

• Published in: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• Main Authors: Pedersen, Gro, Höskuldsson, Ármann, Dürig, Tobias, Thordarson, Thorvaldur, Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg, Riishus, M. S., Óskarsson, B.V., Dumont, Stéphanie, Magnússon, Eyjólfur, Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi, Sigmundsson, Freysteinn, Drouin, V.J.P.B., Gallagher, C., Askew, R., Gudnason, J., Moreland, William, Nikkola, P., Reynolds, Hannah Iona, Schmith, Johanne
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2017
• Subjects: Geophysics; Geology; Volcanology; Lava flows; Jarðeðlisfræði; Jarðfræði; Eldfjallafræði; Hraunrennsli; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/320; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.02.027

The 6-month long eruption at Holuhraun (August 2014–February 2015) in the Bárðarbunga-Veiðivötn volcanic system was the largest effusive eruption in Iceland since the 1783–1784 CE Laki eruption. The lava flow field covered ~84 km2 and has an estimated bulk (i.e., including vesicles) volume of ~1.44...