Grimsvötn – The Saksunarvatn Tephras

It is sometimes hard to understand the size of the Icelandic volcanic systems. We often read statistical things like “Half of all the ash in Europe” and “One third of all basalt produced in the world” and we still do not really get it because we lack a point of reference. Instead we time after…

The Dead Zone

Recently, a minor quake occurred out in the Veiðivötn fissure swarm.   A discussion came about from that and mention was made of something that many of us refer to as “The Dead Zone.”  Why that name?  Well, as many have noted, the area is relatively devoid of quakes when compared to the rest of Iceland. …