The 2011 unrest at Katla volcano: seismicity and geological context

• Published in: JOKULL
• Main Authors: Giulia Sgattoni, Federico Lucchi, Páll Einarsson, Olafur Gudmundsson, Gianfilippo De Astis, Claudio Antonio Tranne
• Other Authors: Giulia Sgattoni, Federico Lucchi, Páll Einarsson, Olafur Gudmundsson, Gianfilippo De Astis, Claudio Antonio Tranne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Katla volcano; volcano seismicity; long-period earthquakes; silicic domes; flank activity; glacier; Iceland; Katla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/738184; https://doi.org/10.33799/jokull2019.69.053

Katla is one of the most active volcanoes in Iceland and is characterised by persistent seismicity. It is partly covered by the Mýrdalsjökull glacier and its historic activity is dominated by phreatomagmatic eruptions within the caldera associated with catastrophic glacial floods. In July 2011 a s...