Reconstructing magma degassing in the Katla 1918 eruption through vesicle textures and dissolved volatile contents

• Main Authors: Owen, Jacqueline, Tuffen, Hugh, Coats, Becky
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Katla; Múlakvísl; Mýrdalsjökull; Torfajökull; Eyjafjallajökull
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/72318/

Iceland’s Katla volcano frequently produces explosive eruptions (VEI 3-5) that generate large quantities of ash and powerful glacial floods (jökulhlaups). Its last eruption (VEI 4, basalt) was in 1918, but another may be imminent, given recent unrest and historic correlation with activity at Eyjafja...