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

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Tarasewicz, J. P. T., White, R. S., Brandsdóttir, B., Schoonman, C. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Astronomical Society 2014
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Fimmvörðuháls; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/6/Geophys.%20J.%20Int.-2014-Tarasewicz-906-21.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/1/SuppFig1.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/2/Table_1.txt; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/3/Table_2.txt; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/4/Table_3.txt; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/2966/5/Animation.zip; http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/content/198/2/906.abstract?sid=a5eec0e4-9f44-4855-a0a5-e783ea633873; https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu169

We present relatively relocated earthquake hypocentres for >1000 microearthquakes (ML < 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 i...