Volcano/Ice Interaction Workshop

Geologic Map

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Map images are taken from:

Haukur Jóhannesson and Kristján Sæmundsson, 1998, The Geologic Map of Iceland, 1:500,000 scale.

This map is reproduced courtesy of the Icelandic Institute of Natural History,
co-host of the Volcano/Ice Interaction on Earth and Mars conference.

OVERFLIGHT AND FIELD TRIP PHOTOS

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Hlodufell

Hlodufell Toya, looking NE	Set of Hlodufell images, looking north	Hlodufell Toya, looking east	Hyaloclasts of NW Hlodufell
	Pillow-dominated exposures at the base of Hlodufell, SSW side	Subglacial basalt at Thorolfsfell, to the north of Hlodufell

Jarlhettur ridge

Jarlhettur hyaloclastic ridge,
NE of Hlodufell

The Jarlhettur subglacial basalt ridge,
from the SW

The Jarlhettur subglacial basalt ridge,
with part of the Langjokull glacier
calving icebergs into Hagavatn lake

Kirkufell

Ice constrained lava lobes, Kirkufell tuya

Looking for rhyolitic obsidian at Kirkufell

The subglacial rhyolitic tuya of Kirkufell, Torfajokull valcanic complex, showing a massive lava cap believed to have developed within an ice cauldron

Pillow lava

Pillow, x-section, and sub-ice pillow lava pile

Skida

Cinder cone on Skida tuyo, looking SW

Skjaldbreidur

From the northern slopes of the Skjaldbreidur shield volcano,
looking towards Thorisjokull glacier,
which covers a summit area of a basalt tuya

Surtsey

Torfajokul

Torfajokul ice cap and altered rhyolitic volcanic system

Vestmannae

Hellisey Island