Deformation of Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland: 1998 eruption and subsequent inflation

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Feb 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30d..31s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 4, pp. 31-1, CiteID 1182, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016460

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Volcanology: Eruption Monitoring (7280), Volcanology: Magma Migration, Volcanology: Planetary Volcanism (5480)

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Grímsvötn is a subglacial volcano, under the Vatnajökull ice cap at the center of the Icelandic hotspot. This highly active volcano erupted in December 1998. GPS measurements at a single station on a nunatak at the caldera rim were made 7 times during 1992-2001. The measurements prior to the 1998 eruption reveal pre-eruption inflation, but subsidence of more than 15 cm was measured during the eruption. Following the eruption, re-inflation occurred initially, at a rate of 20 mm/month, then declined to 5 mm/month. Measurements were fitted to a Mogi model, assuming that the source was located under the center of the Grímsvötn caldera complex. Results indicate a source depth of at least 1.6-km. The calculated amount of magma outflow during the eruption is comparable to field estimates of the erupted volume. Grímsvötn continues to inflate, but has not reached its 1998 pre-eruption level.

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