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Service Description: Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, Map Service n°1. For use in the FutureVolc portal. Includes GIS data on: caldera rims - central volcanoes - eruptive fissures - fissure swarms - lava fields - tephra dissemination axes - tephra fall probabilities - tephra grain size distribution - tephra isopachs. The GIS data were produced by digitising spatial data, published or unpublished, from various sources. The period covered is the Holocene period.

Map Name: Catalogue of Icelandic volcanoes

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• ASK (0)
  • Askja, tephra grain size distribution (1)
    • 1875 CE - After Sparks et al. (1981) (2)
  • Askja eruption-based isopachs, proximal (cm) (3)
    • Askja 1875 CE, unit B - After Carey et al. (2010) (4)
    • Askja 1875 CE, unit C - After Carey et al. (2010) (5)
    • Askja 1875 CE, unit D - After Carey et al. (2010) (6)
  • Askja, eruption-based isopachs, distal (cm) (7)
    • Askja 1875 CE, unit C - After Carey et al. (2010) (8)
    • Askja 1875 CE, unit D - After Carey et al. (2010) (9)
  • Askja caldera rim - Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (10)
  • Askja central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (11)
  • Askja fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (12)
  • Askja craters and crater rows (13)
    • Shield craters - After Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (14)
    • Scoria or spatter cones - After Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (15)
  • Askja lavas - Thorarinsson & Sigvaldason (1962), Sigurdsson and Sparks (1978), Hartley & Thordarson (2012), Hartley and Thordarson (2013), Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015), Hartley (unpublished data) (16)
• BAR (17)
  • Bárðarbunga, tephra grain size distribution (18)
    • Vatnaöldur ~870 CE - After Jónsdottir (2015) (19)
  • Bárðarbunga, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (20)
    • Vatnaöldur 870 CE basic - After Larsen (1984) (21)
    • Vatnaöldur 870 CE silicic - After Larsen (1984) (22)
  • Bárðarbunga, maximum range of isopachs (cm) - After Larsen et al. (2013d) (23)
  • Bárðarbunga caldera rim - After Björnsson (1988), Gudmundsson and Högnadóttir (2007) (24)
  • Bárðarbunga central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (25)
  • Bárðarbunga fissure swarm - Modified after Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (26)
  • Bárðarbunga eruptive fissures - After Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a), Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (27)
  • Bárðarbunga lavas - After Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998b), Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (28)
• BRE (29)
  • Brennisteinsfjöll fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (30)
  • Brennisteinsfjöll craters and crater rows (31)
    • Shield craters - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (32)
    • Scoria or spatter cones - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (33)
  • Brennisteinsfjöll lavas - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (34)
• ELD (35)
  • Eldey, possible range of isopachs based on submarine eruptions on Reykjanes volcanic system (cm) - After Jakobsson S.P. (Unpublished material) (36)
• ESJ (37)
  • Esjufjöll central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (38)
• EYJ (39)
  • Eyjafjallajökull, tephra grain size distribution (40)
    • 2010 CE - University of Iceland (41)
  • Eyjafjallajökull, eruption-based isopachs (42)
    • 2010 CE - After Gudmundsson et al. (2012) (43)
  • Eyjafjallajökull caldera rim - Guðmundsson et al. (2005) (44)
  • Eyjafjallajökull central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (45)
  • Eyjafjallajökull craters and/or eruptive fissures (46)
    • Eyjafjallajökull eruptive fissures - After Jakobsson (1979) (47)
    • Eyjafjallajökull craters - After Jakobsson (1979), Magnússon et al. (2012b) (48)
  • Eyjafjallajökull lavas - After Jakobsson (1979), Magnússon et al. (2012b) (49)
• FAG (50)
  • Fagradalsfjall fissure swarm - Sæmundsson et al., (2013) (51)
  • Fagradalsfjall craters and crater rows (52)
    • Shield craters - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (53)
    • Crater row - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (54)
    • Craters - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (55)
  • Fagradalsfjall lavas (56)
    • Fagradalsfjall lavas - After Belart et al. (2023) (57)
    • Fagradalsfjall lavas - After Gunnarson et al. (2022) (58)
    • Fagradalsfjall lavas - After Pedersen et al. (2021) (59)
    • Fagradalsfjall lavas - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (60)
• GRN (61)
  • Eruption-based isopachs (cm) (62)
    • Seyðishólagjóska 9500 BP - After Jakobsson (1966) (63)
  • Grímsnes, eruptive fissures and craters - After Jakobsson (1966) (64)
  • Grímsnes central volcano (Boundary uncertain) - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998) (65)
  • Grímsnes lavas - After Jakobsson (2013) (66)
• GRV (67)
  • Grímsvötn, tephra grain size distribution (68)
    • 2004 CE - Oddsson (2007) (69)
    • 2011 CE - Guðnason J. (Unpublished material) (70)
  • Grímsvötn, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (71)
    • Grímsvötn 2004 CE - After Oddsson (2007) (72)
  • Grímsvötn, maximum range of isopachs (cm) - After Oddsson et al. (2012), Gudmundsson et al. (2013) (73)
  • Grímsvötn, tephra dispersal (74)
    • 1823-2011 CE - After Thorarinsson (1974), Gudmundsson et al. (2004), Oddsson et al. (2012), Gudmundsson et al. (2013) (75)
  • Grímsvötn, tephra fall probability - After Thorarinsson (1974), Gudmundsson et al. (2004), Oddsson et al. (2012), Gudmundsson et al. (2013) (76)
  • Grímsvötn caldera rim - Gudmundsson and Milson (1997) (77)
  • Grímsvötn central volcano - After Gudmundsson et al. (2013a) (78)
  • Grímsvötn fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (79)
  • Grímsvötn craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (80)
  • Grímsvötn, eruptive fissures - After Jóhannesson & Sæmundsson (1998a), Gudmundsson et al. (2013a) (81)
  • Grímsvötn lavas - After Jóhannesson et al. (1990), Gudmundsson et al. (2013a) (82)
• HEK (83)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll, tephra grain size distribution (84)
    • 1947 CE - After Thorarinsson (1967) (85)
    • 2000 CE - After Haraldsson (2001) (86)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (87)
    • Hekla H4 (2310 BCE ± 20) - After Davies et al. (2010) (88)
    • Hekla 1947 CE - After Thorarinsson (1954) (89)
    • Hekla 1980 CE - After Gronvold et al. (1983) (90)
    • Hekla 2000 CE - After Lacasse et al. (2004) (91)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll, tephra dispersal (92)
    • 1104 CE - 2000 CE - After Thorarinsson (1967), Larsen and Gíslason (2013) (93)
    • 5100 BCE - 300 BCE - After Larsen and Thorarinsson (1977), Larsen and Eiriksson (2008a), Larsen and Eiriksson (2008b) (94)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll, tephra fall probability - After Larsen and Gíslason (2013) (95)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll, maximum range of isopachs (cm) - Based on Thorarinsson (1967) (96)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll, eruptive fissures - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998b); Larsen et al. (2013a) (97)
  • Hekla central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (98)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (99)
  • Hekla - Vatnafjöll lavas - Jóhannesson and Einarsson (1992), Larsen et al. (2013a) (100)
  • Hekla – Historical lavas - Pedersen et al. (2018) (101)
    • 2000 CE (102)
    • 1991 CE (103)
    • 1980 - 1981 CE (104)
    • 1970 CE (105)
    • 1947 - 1948 CE (106)
    • 1913 CE (107)
    • 1878 CE (108)
    • 1845 - 1846 CE (109)
    • 1766 - 1768 CE (110)
    • 1725 CE (111)
    • 1693 CE (112)
    • 1554 CE (113)
    • 1389 - 1390 CE (114)
    • 1300 CE (115)
    • 1206 CE (116)
    • 1158 CE (117)
    • Unidentified lava flow fields (XX, X1 etc.) (118)
• HEL (119)
  • Helgrindur central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (120)
  • Helgrindur fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (121)
  • Helgrindur craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (122)
  • Helgrindur lavas - After Jóhannesson (1994) (123)
• HEN (124)
  • Hengill, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (125)
    • Sandeyjargjóska 1900 BP - After Sæmundsson (2011) (126)
• HOF (127)
  • Hofsjökull caldera rim - After Björnsson (1988) (128)
  • Hofsjökull central volcanoes - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (129)
  • Hofsjökull fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (130)
  • Hofsjökull craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998b) (131)
  • Hofsjökull lavas - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998b) (132)
• HRO (133)
  • Hrómundartindur fissure swarm - Hjartardóttir et al. (2016) (134)
• KAT (135)
  • Katla, tephra grain size distribution (136)
    • Katla SILK-LN - After Thorsteinsdóttir (2015) (137)
    • Katla 1625 CE - After Schmith J. (Unpublished material) (138)
    • Katla 1755 CE - After Schmith J. (Unpublished material) (139)
    • katla 1918 CE - After Jónsdóttir (2015) (140)
  • Katla, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (141)
    • Katla SILK-LN - After Larsen et al. (2001) (142)
    • Katla ~1500 CE - After Larsen et al. (2013) (143)
    • Katla 1625 CE - After Larsen (2000) (144)
    • Katla 1755 CE - After Thorarinsson (1980), Larsen G. (Unpublished material) (145)
    • Katla 1918 CE - After Jónsdóttir (2015) (146)
    • Katla 1918 CE - After Larsen et al. (2021) (147)
  • Katla, tephra dispersal (148)
    • 900 CE - 2000 CE - After Larsen and Gíslason (2013) (149)
    • 10,200 BCE - 400 CE - After Larsen and Eiriksson (2008) (150)
  • Katla, tephra fall probability - After Larsen and Gíslason (2013) (151)
  • Katla, maximum range of isopachs (cm) - Based on Larsen et al. (2013b) (152)
  • Katla caldera rim - Björnsson et al. (2000) (153)
  • Katla central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (154)
  • Katla fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (155)
  • Katla eruptive fissures - After Larsen (2000) (156)
  • Katla lavas - After Larsen (2000) (157)
• KRA (158)
  • Krafla, tephra dispersal (159)
    • ~6800 BCE - 1724 CE - After Sæmundsson (1991) (160)
  • Krafla, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (161)
    • Mývatn's fires 1724 CE - After Sæmundsson (1991) (162)
    • Hverfell 1050 BCE - After Sæmundsson (1991) (163)
    • Hvannstóð 3050 BCE - After Sæmundsson (1991) (164)
• KRY (165)
  • Krýsuvík Trölladyngja fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (166)
  • Krýsuvík Trölladyngja craters and crater rows (167)
    • Shield craters - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (168)
    • Crater row - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (169)
    • Craters - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (170)
  • Krýsuvík Trölladyngja lavas - After Sæmundsson et al. (2010) (171)
• KVE (172)
  • Kverkfjöll caldera rim - Sæmundsson (1982), Gudmundsson and Högnadóttir (2007) (173)
  • Kverkfjöll central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (174)
  • Kverkfjöll fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (175)
  • Kverkfjöll, scoria or spatter cones - After Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (176)
  • Kverkfjöll lavas - After Sigurgeirsson et al. (2015) (177)
• LAN (178)
  • Langjökull central volcano - Modified after Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson, (1998a) (179)
  • Langjökull fissure swarm - Modified after Einarsson and Sæmundsson (1987), Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (180)
  • Langjökull craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (181)
  • Langjökull lavas - After Sinton et al. (2005) (182)
• LJO (183)
  • Ljósufjöll eruption-based isopachs (184)
    • Rauðhálsar 960 CE - After Jóhannesson (1977) (185)
  • Ljósufjöll central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (186)
  • Ljósufjöll fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (187)
  • Ljósufjöll craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (188)
  • Ljósufjöll lavas - After Jóhannesson (1994) (189)
• PRE (190)
  • Prestahnúkur central volcano - Modified after Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (191)
  • Prestahnúkur fissure swarm - Modified after Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (192)
  • Prestahnúkur craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (193)
  • Prestahnúkur lavas - After Sinton et al. (2005), Jakobsson (2013) (194)
• REY (195)
  • Reykjanes-Svartsengi fissure swarm - Jóhannesson et al. (1998a) (196)
  • Reykjanes-Svartsengi, tephra grain size distribution (197)
    • 1226 CE - After Magnúsdóttir (2014) (198)
  • Reykjanes-Svartsengi, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (199)
    • 1226 CE - After Sæmundsson and Sigurgeirsson (2013) (200)
    • R - After Sæmundsson and Sigurgeirsson (2013) (201)
    • R3 - After Sæmundsson and Sigurgeirsson (2013) (202)
  • Reykjanes-Svartsengi, maximum range of isopachs (cm) - After Sigurgeirsson (Unpublished material) (203)
  • Reykjanes-Svartsengi lavas - From Umbrotasjá (2026) (204)
• SNF (205)
  • Snæfell central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (2009) (206)
• SNJ (207)
  • Snæfellsjökull, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (208)
    • Sn-1 - After Jóhannesson et al. (1981) (209)
    • Sn-2 - After Jóhannesson et al. (1981) (210)
    • Sn-3 - After Jóhannesson et al. (1981) (211)
  • Snæfellsjökull, caldera rim - After Jóhannesson (2014) (212)
  • Snæfellsjökull central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (213)
  • Snæfellsjökull fissure swarm - After Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (214)
  • Snæfellsjökull craters - After Jóhannesson (1994) (215)
  • Snæfellsjökull lavas - After Jóhannesson (2014) (216)
• TOR (217)
  • Torfajökull, eruption-based isopachs (cm) (218)
    • Vatnaöldur 870 CE silicic - After Larsen (1984) (219)
• THO (220)
  • Þórðarhyrna, tephra dispersal (221)
    • 1903 CE - After Thorarinsson (1974) (222)
  • Þórðarhyrna central volcanoes - After Gudmundsson et al. (2013a) (223)
  • Þórðarhyrna fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (224)
  • Þórðarhyrna craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (225)
  • Þórðarhyrna eruptive fissures - After Jóhannesson & Sæmundsson (1998a), Gudmundsson et al. (2013a) (226)
  • Þórðarhyrna lavas - After Gudmundsson et al. (2013a) (227)
• TIN (228)
  • Tindfjallajökull caldera rim - Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland (229)
  • Tindfjallajökull central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998) (230)
  • Tindafjallajökull craters - Icelandic Meteorological Office (231)
• TUN (232)
  • Tungnafellssjökull Vonarskarð caldera rim - Sæmundsson (1982) (233)
  • Tungnafellssjökull Vonarskarð central volcano - After Björnsdóttir and Einarsson (2013) (234)
  • Tungnafellsjökull fissure swarm - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (235)
  • Tungnafellssjökull Vonarskarð craters - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (236)
  • Tungnafellssjökull - Vonarskarð lavas - After Kjartansson (1965) (237)
• VES (238)
  • Vestmannaeyjar eruption-based isopachs (cm) (239)
    • Heimaey 1973 CE - After Jóhannsson and Helgason (1975) (240)
  • Vestmannaeyjar central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998a) (241)
  • Vestmannaeyjar, craters and eruptive fissures (242)
    • Heimaey, craters - After Mattson et al. (2005) (243)
    • Heimaey, eruptive fissures - After Jakobsson (1975) (244)
    • Surtsey craters - After Jakobsson (2000) (245)
  • Vestmannaeyjar lavas (246)
    • Heimaey lavas - After Jakobsson (1975) (247)
    • Heimaey, other formations - After Jakobsson (1975) (248)
    • Surtsey lavas - After Jakobsson (2000) (249)
    • Surtsey, other formations - After Jakobsson (2000) (250)
• ORA (251)
  • Öræfajökull eruption-based isopachs (cm) (252)
    • Öræfajökull 1362 CE - After Thorarinsson (1958), Guðmundsson et al. (2013) (253)
  • Öræfajökull caldera rim - Magnússon et al. (2012) (254)
  • Öræfajökull central volcano - Jóhannesson and Sæmundsson (1998) (255)
  • Öræfajökull lavas - After Jóhannesson (2014) (256)

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• References (257)
• references_v2 (258)
• Ordskyringar (259)
• VolcanoSearch (260)

Description: Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, WMS n°1. For use in the FutureVolc portal. Includes GIS data on: caldera rims - central volcanoes - eruptive fissures - fissure swarms - lava fields - tephra dissemination axes - tephra fall probabilities - tephra grain size distribution - tephra isopachs.

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Title: Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes
Author: Ragnar Heiðar Þrastarson; Bogi B. Björnsson
Comments: Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, WMS n°1. For use in the FutureVolc portal. Includes GIS data on: caldera rims - central volcanoes - eruptive fissures - fissure swarms - lava fields - tephra dissemination axes - tephra fall probabilities - tephra grain size distribution - tephra isopachs. The GIS data were produced by digitising spatial data, published or unpublished, from various sources. The period covered is the Holocene period.
Subject: Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, WMS1.
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