Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow

@article{Gudmundsson2016GradualCC,
  title={Gradual caldera collapse at B{\'a}rdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow},
  author={M. Gudmundsson and Krist{\'i}n J{\'o}nsd{\'o}ttir and A. Hooper and E. Holohan and S. Halld{\'o}rsson and B. {\'O}feigsson and S. Cesca and Krist{\'i}n S. Vogfj{\"o}rd and F. Sigmundsson and Th{\'o}rd{\'i}s H{\"o}gnad{\'o}ttir and P. Einarsson and O. Sigmarsson and A. Jarosch and K. Jonasson and E. Magn{\'u}sson and S. Hreinsd{\'o}ttir and M. Bagnardi and M. Parks and V. Hj{\"o}rleifsd{\'o}ttir and F. P{\'a}lsson and T. Walter and M. Sch{\"o}pfer and S. Heimann and H. Reynolds and S. Dumont and E. Bali and G. Gudfinnsson and T. Dahm and M. Roberts and M. Hensch and J. M. Belart and K. Spaans and S. Jakobsson and G. Gudmundsson and H. Fridriksd{\'o}ttir and V. Drouin and T. D{\"u}rig and G. Aðalgeirsd{\'o}ttir and M. Riishuus and G. Pedersen and Tayo van Boeckel and B. Oddsson and M. Pfeffer and S. Barsotti and B. Bergsson and A. Donovan and M. Burton and A. Aiuppa},
  journal={Science},
  year={2016},
  volume={353}
}
Driven to collapse Volcanic eruptions occur frequently, but only rarely are they large enough to cause the top of the mountain to collapse and form a caldera. Gudmundsson et al. used a variety of geophysical tools to monitor the caldera formation that accompanied the 2014 Bárdarbunga volcanic eruption in Iceland. The volcanic edifice became unstable as magma from beneath Bárdarbunga spilled out into the nearby Holuhraun lava field. The timing of the gradual collapse revealed that it is the… Expand
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