Recent eruptions and unrest

BGS volcanologists Sue Loughlin, Charlotte Vye and Kathryn Goodenough, survey an area on the southern slopes of Eyjafjallajökull (c.700 m a.s.l.) to look at the material left by the 2010 eruption. Black volcanic ash is still abundant in more sheltered areas on the lower slopes of the volcano, and volcanic bombs can be easily found around the margins of the ice cap.

We are engaged in several projects that include the monitoring and study of volcanic activity.

The EVOSS project is a European-wide consortium that will provide ash, sulphur dioxide and thermal anomaly data to volcano observatories and Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres in close to real time during major transborder volcanic events such as the Grimsvotn or Eyjafjallajokull eruptions of 2010/11'.

2011

• Katla volcano, Iceland
• Grímsvötn eruption, Iceland
• Ash collection from the Grímsvötn volcano eruption
• Ash images from the 2011 Grímsvötn volcano eruption

2010

• Afar Rift project — geological mapping
• Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Iceland | April/May 2010
• Changing eruption styles at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland
• Modelling of Icelandic volcanic ash particles
• Iceland and the British Isles: the volcanic connections

Contact

Contact Dr Sue Loughin for further information.

• Volcanology

• Global Volcano Model
• EVOSS
• VOGRIPA
• STREVA (under construction)