Multidisciplinary constraints of hydrothermal explosions based on the 2013 Gengissig lake events, Kverkfjöll volcano, Iceland

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Montanaro, Cristian, Scheu, Bettina, Gudmundsson, Magnus Tumi, Vogfjörd, Kristin, Reynolds, Hannah Iona, Dürig, Tobias, Strehlow, Karen, Rott, Stefanie, Reuschle, Thierry, Dingwell, Donald Bruce
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: hydrothermal explosions; lake drainage; multidisciplinary; deposits volume; energy partitioning; Dammed Lake; Kverkfjöll; Vatnajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/7b7fffca-1143-48d8-98ea-a2cf3bf43f77; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/7b7fffca-1143-48d8-98ea-a2cf3bf43f77; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.043; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/75923705/1_s2.0_S0012821X15007475_main.pdf

Hydrothermal explosions frequently occur in geothermal areas showing various mechanisms and energies of explosivity. Their deposits, though generally hardly recognised or badly preserved, provide important insights to quantify the dynamics and energy of these poorly understood explosive events. Furt...