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Iceland's Bárðarbunga Volcano Growing Threat


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It's not making much news other than the pretty pictures, but the potential is there for a big event, if this thing decides to blow under the glacier, which is being given a 90% chance now by some scientists. It's the largest glacier in Europe, and this volcanic system is responsible for the largest lava flow on earth, in the past 10,000 years, so it's no small fry.

Here's an excellent source for the day to day activity, in a nutshell.

I've been following this excellent blogger since 2010, when Eyjafjallajökull became the worst travel disruption in world history, due to natural forces.

Here's your link:

Iceland geology

Today's notes reads:

This is a short notice. I think that eruption has started under the glacier in Bárðarbunga or maybe in the dyke area. I base this on the change in harmonic tremor that is now taking place. Please note that this has not yet been confirmed by Icelandic Met Office or by Rúv in Iceland at the moment. So this is unconfirmed reports from me at current time (01:13 UTC on 9-September-2014).

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  • The lava field at Holuhraun is now 0.5 km³. It is now the second largest lava field in Iceland during the past 150 years. Only Hekla lava field from 1947 is larger at the moment, it is 0.8 km³ in size. If the Holuhraun eruption continues as it has, it is going to get Hekla lava field size in about two weeks. Iceland Geology 9-22-2014

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