Gravity and elevation changes caused by magma movement beneath the Krafla Caldera, Northeast Iceland
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Gravity and elevation changes caused by magma movement beneath the Krafla Caldera, Northeast Iceland
Description (Dublin Core)
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Prior to the present activity of the Krafla volcano, which started in 1975, levelling and gravity surveys had been carried out in the area. The network has since been extended, and measurements are carried out about every second month. The measurements reveal a quasi-periodic behaviour of the tectonic activity, characterized by slow inflation of the caldera for several weeks or months at a rate of 6–10 mm/d, interrupted by sudden subsidence events lasting for one or a few days. Elevation changes within the caldera are described by a deflation-inflation swelling with its apex near the center of the caldera. Calculations. using a model of a spherical chamber with varying pressure at 3 km depth, show good agreement with the measured elevation values. Comparison of gravity and levelling data, using a Bouguer type relationship, suggests that inflation and deflation of the floor of the caldera is caused entirely by in- and outflow of magma. Some discrepancies between the levelling and gravity data immediately after subsidence events can be explained by additional mass flow of groundwater.
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Permalink: https://geophysicsjournal.com/article/99
Creator (Dublin Core)
Johnsen, G.Y.
Bjornsson, A.
Sigurdsson, S.
Subject (Dublin Core)
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Gravity
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Elevation changes
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Magma flow
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Iceland
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Current rifting episode
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Geodesy
Publisher (Dublin Core)
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Journal of Geophysics
Date (Dublin Core)
1980-01-24
Type (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Peer-reviewed Article
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
https://journal.geophysicsjournal.com/JofG/article/view/99
Source (Dublin Core)
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Journal of Geophysics; Vol 47 No 1 (1980): Journal of Geophysics; 132-140
2643-2986
2643-9271
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Relation (Dublin Core)
https://journal.geophysicsjournal.com/JofG/article/view/99/61