Monday, August 19, 2013

[Geology2] Kverkfjoell volcano (Iceland): glacial flood and small phreatic explosion (Icelandic Civil Protection)





Saturday Aug 17, 2013  | BY: T

Aerial photo of the NE rim of the Kverkjökull glacier with deposits of the flood and ash from the phreatic explosion (
Aerial photo of the NE rim of the Kverkjökull glacier with deposits of the flood and ash from the phreatic explosion
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A small phreatic eruption seems to have taken place yesterday at the ice-covered Kverkfjoell central volcano. The steam-driven (no fresh magma involved) explosion followed a small glacial flood on 15 August the Kverkjökull glacier released into the Volga river and was probably a result of the pressure release during the flood. --


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