Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-933-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-933-2023
Research article
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05 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 05 Oct 2023

Subaerial and subglacial seismic characteristics of the largest measured jökulhlaup from the eastern Skaftá cauldron, Iceland

Eva P. S. Eibl, Kristin S. Vogfjörd, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Matthew J. Roberts, Christopher J. Bean, Morgan T. Jones, Bergur H. Bergsson, Sebastian Heimann, and Thoralf Dietrich

Data sets

Event Catalogs of seismic events accompanying the 30 September to 5 October 2015 Skaftá flood E. P. S. Eibl, K. Vogförd, T. Dietrich, S. Heimann, and C. J. Bean https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2023.023

Seismic array data for monitoring and tracking tremor sources during subglacial floods and volcanic eruptions at Vatnajökull (Vatna Glacier), Iceland C. J. Bean and K. Vogförd https://doi.org/10.14470/0Y7568667884

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Short summary
Floods draining beneath an ice cap are hazardous events that generate six different short- or long-lasting types of seismic signals. We use these signals to see the collapse of the ice once the water has left the lake, the propagation of the flood front to the terminus, hydrothermal explosions and boiling in the bedrock beneath the drained lake, and increased water flow at rapids in the glacial river. We can thus track the flood and assess the associated hazards better in future flooding events.