BREAKING NEWS! Icelandic Volcanic Armageddon! Grimsvotn - Possible Eruption !

Monday 1st November 2010
Grimsvotn Volcano, Iceland
A possible eruption has begun at Grimsvotn volcano, Iceland. A flood has started in Gigja in south-east Iceland. The disturbance occurred under the Vatnajokull glacier near Grimsvotn Volcano on Sunday afternoon. There was an increase in flow of water by 30 cm but other rivers running from the glacier are dry. The flood may take 4-5 days to reach maximum. On Sunday the volume of water in Gigja was 130 cubic metres per second, and electrolyte levels double that of normal. Grimsvotn is the most active volcano in Iceland.
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Grimsvötn volcano is located under Vatnajökull ice cap in central Iceland. Two major volcanic centers lie beneath the ice, the Bardarbunga volcanic centre and the Grimsvötn volcanic centre. Grimsvötn centre is the more active of the two. About every 5-10 years glacial melting causes large floods (jökulhlaup) on the sandur plain. Eruptions at Grimsvotn Volcano are phreatomagmatic.

The calm that was before the storm:




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Katla is next?

Lets send our prayers to Iceland people.

They will need them now more than ever.

reply to post by rajaten


What has begun?

You say that the volcano has erupted and state "It has begun" could you please elaborate for me what this eruption has started or is a part of. I am sorry but I do not know, as I have not been reading threads lately, or heard anything like this on the news.

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AHHHH!!!

Wait, how do we know how big the eruption was? What happens if it is a small one and really doesn't do any damage to anything?

Do we know if it is a big one?

Thanks for the info.

Pred...

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You're welcome

Im looking for more specifics now brb

I suspect the glacial layer has been broken through.

Not a dramatic thread title at all! Great info though

Looks like another one has blown the top. Now watch all the news discuses about planes can't flying. Jesus!

Ongoing discussion here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Its good to see you have toned down your thread titles

Originally posted by 12voltz
Its good to see you have toned down your thread titles

Would you prefer, "Climate change possible evidense?"...

"Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland erupts 01-11-2010"
Anyway, good work on bringing this to attention heh, but I pictured armaggedon engulfing Iceland from the thread title

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This may be the first domino.

Give it 48 hours

Originally posted by rajaten

Originally posted by 12voltz
Its good to see you have toned down your thread titles

Would you prefer, "Climate change possible evidense?"...

Yeah that will work for me ,with correct spelling of course.Saves me pushing the kids into the bomb shelter every 5 minutes.

Originally posted by rajaten
reply to post by Somehumanbeing

 

This is the first domino.

Give it 48 hours

I feel left out. What domino is this, can someone at least point me at a thread.

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Note the pressure..

Originally posted by rajaten
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Note the pressure..

Thanks. I don't get it, but its ok, you tried.

Lava and water is a bad combination.

You get a lot of fine ash from this type volcanic eruptions.

You also get very violent eruptions.
www.geology.sdsu.edu...
www.talkingscience.org...

Morning all,

Just had a look at the graph around there.

hraun.vedur.is...

There's actually "something" going on.
The 2-4 Hz (blue one) is unusual high since a couple of days and now clearly above the red one. Normally it's the opposite.

I am not convinced it has erupted but something could be breeding there.

Nid

And another domino falls:



edition.cnn.com...

Merapi Just Erupted Again...this time we have lava...