Eruption dynamics within an emergent subglacial setting: a case study of the 2004 eruption of Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland

• Main Authors: Jude-Eton, Tanya Chantal, Eton, Tanya Chantal Jude
• Other Authors: Fitton, Godfrey, Thordarson, Thorvaldur, RANNĺS (Icelandic Centre for Research), Graduate Organisation (GO) of the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Edinburgh 2013
• Subjects: Grímsvötn volcano; Iceland; subglacial volcanism; tephra dispersal models; Vatnajökull; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7682

The November 2004 explosive eruption of Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland (G2004) commenced as a subglacial event within the interior of the Vatnajökull ice cap before breaking through the ice cover to generate a 6-10 km high eruption column. This produced a tephra apron extending >50 km across the ice...