A team of researchers from Cambridge鈥檚 Department of Earth Sciences have recently returned from Iceland where, thanks to a bit of luck, they have gathered the most extensive dataset ever from a volcanic eruption, which will likely yield considerable new insights into how molten rock moves underground, and whether or not it erupts.
A team of researchers from Cambridge鈥檚 Department of Earth Sciences have recently returned from Iceland where, thanks to a bit of luck, they have gathered the most extensive dataset ever from a volcanic eruption, which will likely yield considerable new insights into how molten rock moves underground, and whether or not it erupts.
探花直播team, led by Professor Bob White, has been monitoring activity near the B谩r冒arbunga and Holuhraun volcanoes since 2006, using up to 70 broadband seismometers.
Luckily, the seismometers and field researchers were still in Iceland at the time that this most recent volcanic activity began, as the team had recently finished recovering 25 seismometers from the Vatnaj枚kull ice cap where they had been used for a study of small quakes caused by ice cracking.
Here, White and PhD student Tim Greenfield discuss their work, and what it鈥檚 like to be up close to such a spectacular eruption.
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