Gravity studies of the structure of the Vatnaöldur and Veiðivötn crater rows, South Central Iceland

• Main Author: Giniaux, Jeanne M., 1989-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Veiðivötn; Vatnaöldur; Gígar; Eldgos; Botn; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15937

A gravity survey was carried out to study the structure and geometry of craters and underlying diatremes formed in two major explosive basaltic fissure eruptions, the ~60 km long AD 871±2 Vatnaöldur and AD ~1477 Veiðivötn fissures in South Central Iceland, both belonging to the Bárðarbunga-Veiðivötn...