Subsidence of Surtsey volcano, 1967?1991

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Moore, James G., Jakobsson, Sveinn, Holmjarn, Josef
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 1992
• Subjects: Iceland; Surtsey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00301116

The Surtsey marine volcano was built on the southern insular shelf of Iceland, along the seaward extension of the east volcanic zone, during episodic explosive and effusive activity from 1963 to 1967. A 1600-m-long, east-west line of 42 bench marks was established across the island shortly after vol...