Inflation at Askja, Iceland. New and revisited relative microgravity data.
- 1R&D dept. Seismology & Acoustics, KNMI, De Bilt, The Netherlands (elske.van.dalfsen@knmi.nl)
- 2Dept. of Geoscience and remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- 3School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- 4Nordic Volcanological Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 5Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
In August 2021 Askja caldera in Iceland started to show uplift after decades of subsidence. The uplift signal is centered at the northwestern edge of lake Ӧskjuvatn and an order of magnitude larger than the subsidence in the last decade. In September 2021 a geodesy campaign was carried out at Askja, including relative microgravity measurements acquired with the use of two Scintrex CG-5 instruments. Relative microgravity campaigns at Askja are not straightforward due to the long walking distances between sites, which makes a “double loop” procedure impossible. We revisit existing Scintrex relative microgravity data sets (2015 onward) and analyse data using the same joint weighted least squares inversion routine. We define recommendations for future relative microgravity campaigns at Askja which will be important to establish the cause of the ongoing uplift. The density of subsurface magma is only identifiable with microgravity data. Knowledge of the type of magma accumulating under Askja is vital to assess possible hazard implications.
How to cite: de Zeeuw van Dalfsen, E., Sepulveda Araya, J., Hooper, A., Sigmundsson, F., Sturkell, E., Li, S., Lanzi, C., Koymans, M., and Giniaux, J.: Inflation at Askja, Iceland. New and revisited relative microgravity data., EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-7070, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7070, 2022.
