Fagradalsfjall eruption 2021

Two papers on the Fagradalsfjall eruption published in the newest issue of Nature

Melting and recrystallization of plagioclase and olivine

Chemical disequilibrium between crystals and melt in samples from Meradalir

melting and recrystallization of plagioclase and olivine

This backscatter electron image of a polished section of a sample from the first day of the Meradalir eruption shows plagioclase and olivine crystals in a basaltic melt, which became glassy during rapid cooling. 

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Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Professor at Faculty of Earth Sciences is one of the lead authors of the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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First results of the characterisation of rock samples collected in Meradalir

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Ólafur Ingólfsson, Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Earth Sciences received the Nordic Geoscientist Award at the Nordic Geological Winter Meeting on the 12th of May 2022.

Simon Matthews

Simon Matthews awarded for his contribution to geochemistry

Transformation Literacy

Transformation Literacy - New book edited by Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttur and Petra Künkel

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First results of the characterisation of rock samples collected in Meradalir

rare earth concentration elements

New trace element and isotope analyses of the Geldingadalir lava

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23. March 2021 at 13:15 - The lavaflow in Geldingadalir in numbers

back scattered electron image of sample

Characterisation of rock samples collected on the 1st and 2nd days of the eruption in Geldingdalur