{"id":1362,"date":"2014-09-25T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2014-09-25T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T12:06:22","slug":"fieldwork-at-the-holuhraun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/volcan01010\/2014\/09\/fieldwork-at-the-holuhraun\/","title":{"rendered":"Fieldwork at the Holuhraun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I joined the team from the Institute of Earth Sciences<\/a> at the University of Iceland who are on the ground monitoring the eruption of the Holuhraun. This post is a description of the eruption and the monitoring work taking place. It is based on tweets<\/a> sent out when I was away.<\/p>\n

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Surveying the fire fountains<\/h3>\n

The eruption is a fissure eruption, which began with a curtain of fire as magma sprayed from the ground. By the time I arrived the activity had focussed onto a few main vents. The main vent is named Baugur and has built a cone about 50 m tall. Using surveying equipment gives accurate measurements of the heights of the cones and the fire fountains.<\/p>\n

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Surveying fire fountain heights at #Holuhraun<\/a>. 60-70m. Only central vent (Baugur) remains active. #Bardarbunga<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/e6VnBVxEPi<\/a><\/p>\n

— John A Stevenson (@volcan01010) September 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n