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Current Events and News

• Earthquake activity maps for Mýrdalsjökull area. These maps are courtesy of Icelandic Met Office

• 2 January 2012. Increased volcanic unrest at Katla volcano, Iceland? (conference abstract)
• 2 December 2011. New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact (BBC)
• October 2011 - summary of activity at Katla
• 7 September 2011. Activity at Katla seems to be increasing in terms of the frequency of earthquakes. All of them are very small events. Compare today's map with earlier maps. Katla is under close observation: is she building up to an eruption? News article
• 1 September 2011. Iceland Directs Avalanche Funds Into Volcano Risk Studies. Iceland Met Office report on volcanic risk assessment.
• 25 August 2011. Persistent minor earthquake activity continues under Mýrdalsjökull, both inside and outside the Katla caldera. What does it all mean? Earth tremors are occurring within the caldera and in a couple of locations at the western and southern margins of the ice sheet - perhaps the latter are generated by movements of the ice, or ice blocks falling off the glacier?? The activity within the caldera (some of which has been harmonic tremor) seems to indicate magma on the move - perhaps a dyke intrusion which hasn't reached the surface (yet)? Iceland Review articles: article 1; article 2
• 17 August 2011. Workshop on Jökulhlaup Hazards

• Glacial outburst flood in Skafta River, 28 July 2011. Iceland Review article. Picture from RÚV.
• A glacier-outburst flood from Katla volcano on 9 July 2011 destroyed the Múlakvísl bridge on Highway 1, the main road along Iceland's south coast. The bridge was replaced a week later by a temporary bridge - an impressive feat considering the new bridge is 150 metres long.
• Videos, images and news items of the damage to the bridge, the transport arrangements before the temporary bridge was in place 1 week later, and the new bridge:
• There is continuing earthquake activity at the Katla caldera under the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap - see daily updates from the Icelandic Met Office. It is unclear whether this is related to an eruption.
• Seismic activity for the whole of Iceland. Earthquake maps for other parts of Iceland can be accessed from the lefthand menu on the same page
• The famous Eden garden centre and restaurant at Hveragerði burned to the ground on the night of 21 July 2011. Iceland Review article. Photos
• The eruption at Grimsvötn, started 21 May 2011, and finished on 28 May - Icelandic Met Office
• Grimsvötn eruption - RÚV (Icelandic Broadcasting) - in Icelandic, but lots of photos of the eruption and its effects
• News article from Iceland Review

• Iceland Review online - news from Iceland in English from the online version of the magazine
• News in English from mbl.is, the online version of the daily newspaper Morgunblaðið
• RÚV - the national broadcaster in Iceland. Articles are in Icelandic, with photos

Recent publications

• Sturkell, E. & Sigmundson, F. 2003. Recent unrest and magma movements at Eyjafjallajökull and Katla volcanoes, Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108.

The 2010 Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull

• A year since the Eyjafjallajökull eruption began - Icelandic Met Office
• Eruption in Eyjafjallajökull
• News releases for the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruptions
• British Geological Survey site on the Eyjafjallajökull eruptions
• Global Volcanism Program reports on the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruptions
• Video of a jökulhlaup (glacial outburst flood) from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
• Flood warning system and jökulhlaups - Eyjafjallajökull
• Measurements and simulation of volcanic ash for civil aviation - conference

Geology Links

• Geology of Iceland
• Geology of Iceland - Introduction
• Iceland - Geology, Volcanoes, Eruptions, Earthquakes, Field Trips
• Geological Map of SW Iceland, with information on geological locations and events
• The Dynamic Geology of Iceland - Field Excursion Guide
• Geological hazards associated with glaciers
• Extensive galleries of photographs of Icelandic scenery and geology by Dave McGarvie (Open University)

• Volcanoes of Iceland and the Arctic Ocean - Global Volcanism Program
• Iceland Volcanoes and Volcanics - USGS
• The Nordic Volcanological Center
• Veðurstofa Íslands (Iceland Met Office) has a very useful section on volcanic and seismic activity
  
  
• Skeidarársandur outwash plain, S Iceland, from NASA's online book 'Geomorphology from Space'
• Surtsey - 1963-1964 eruptions
• Lava-Cooling Operations During the 1973 Eruption of Eldfell Volcano, Heimaey, Iceland - US Geological Survey

• Iceland Deep Drilling Project
• IDDP Poster
• Drilling into a hot volcano - BBC News
• Reykjavík Energy - geothermal power plants
• Icelandic Geothermal energy
• National Energy Authority
• Geothermal resources in Iceland

Tourism, Cultural and Other Links

• Landmælingar Íslands (National Land Survey of Iceland)
• Weather from Veðurstofa Íslands (Iceland Met Office)
• Vegagerðin (Icelandic Road Administration) - road conditions and weather
• Visit Iceland
• Visit South Iceland
• East Iceland
• North Iceland
• West Iceland
• Visit Reykjanes
• Visit Reykjavik
• The City of Reykjavík

• A Xenophile's Guide to Iceland – the Icelandic nation's heritage and culture - Magnus Magnusson (2001)
• Iceland's news in English
• Icelandic online (free language learning)
• Icelandic Online Dictionary and Readings
• The Icelandic Saga database
• The Icelandic Saga Centre

• Mývatn
• Vatnajökull National Park

Last updated 2 May, 2012 21:20