Characteristics of sub-aerially emplaced pyroclasts in the Surtsey eruption deposits: implications for diverse Surtseyan eruptive styles

• Main Authors: Verolino, Andrea, White, James D. L., Baxter, Rachael J. M., Schipper, C. Ian, Thordarson, Thor
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Surtsey; Surtseyan Volcanism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165205
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 1963–1967 shallow-to-emergent eruption in Iceland’s Vestmannaeyjar earned a place in the history of volcanology by creating the island of Surtsey while under close observation of volcanologist Sigurdur Thorarinsson (Sigurður Þórarinsson in Icelandic). This is an example of what is now called Sur...