Publications

1. I.Th. Bjarnason and B.S. Thorbjarnardottir,
   Speculations on precursors and continuation of the 1996 volcanic episode under northwest Vatnajökull, Report, Science Institute RH-14-96, University of Iceland, 8pp. (1996)
2. I.Th. Bjarnason, C.J. Wolfe, S.C. Solomon, and G. Gudmundsson,
   Initial results from the ICEMELT experiment: Body-wave delay times and shear-wave splitting across Iceland,
   Geophysical Research Letters 23, 5, 459-461, (1996)
3. S. Björck, B. Kromer, S.J. Johnsen, O. Bennike, D. Hammarlund, G. Lemdahl, G. Posnert, T.L. Rasmussen, B. Wohlfahrt, C.U. Hammer, and M. Spurk,
   Synchronized terrestrial-atmospheric deglacial records around the North Atlantic,
   Science 274, 1155-1160 (1996)
4. H. Björnsson,
   Scales and rates of glacial sediment removal: a 20 km long, 300 m deep trench created beneath Breiðamerkurjökull during the Little Ice Age,
   Annals of Glaciology 22, 141-146 (1996)
5. H. Björnsson, Y. Gjessing, S.-E. Hamran, J.O. Hagen, O. Liestöl, F. Palsson, and B. Erlingsson,
   The thermal regime of sub-polar glaciers mapped by multi-frequency radio-echo sounding,
   Journal of Glaciology 42, 140, 23-32 (1996)
6. B. Brandsdottir, R.S. White, P. Einarsson, H. Shiobara, H. Shimamura, N. Weir, and the RISE Fieldwork Team,
   RISE 96: Structure of the mid-Atlantic spreading axis as it passes onshore in southwest Iceland,
   BRIDGE Newsletter 11, 48-51 (1996)
7. P.U. Clark, R.B. Alley, L.D. Keigwin, J.M. Licciardi, S.J. Johnsen, and H.X. Wang,
   Origin of the first global meltwater pulse following the last glacial maximum,
   Paleoceanography 11, 563-577 (1996)
8. P.D. Ditlevsen, H. Svensmark, and S.J. Johnsen,
   Contrasting atmospheric and climate dynamics of the last glacial and Holocene periods,
   Nature 379, 810-812 (1996)
9. P. Einarsson,
   The seismicity of Iceland,
   in: Monitoring and Research for Mitigating Seismic and Volcanic Risk,
   B.Thorkelsson and M. Yeroyanni, eds., Commission of the European Communities, p. 1-9, 1996.
10. P. Einarsson,
    South Iceland seismic zone,
    Field trip B1 of the XXV General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Reykjavik, Iceland, Sept. 1996. Field guide, 10 pp.
11. P. Einarsson,
    Tjörnes fracture zone, northern rift zone and the Krafla volcanic system,
    Field trip A2 of the XXV General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Reykjavik, Iceland, Sept. 1996, Field guide, 11 pp.
12. P. Einarsson, F. Sigmundsson, M. Hofton, G. Foulger, and W. Jacoby,
    An experiment in glacio-isostacy near Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1991,
    Jökull 44, 29-39 (1996)
13. P. Erlendsson and P. Einarsson,
    The Hvalhnúkur Fault, a strike-slip fault mapped within the Reykjanes Peninsula oblique rift, Iceland,
    in: Seismology in Europe, B. Thorkelsson et al., eds., p. 498-504, European Seismological Commission, Reykjavik, 1996
14. D.A. Fischer, R.M. Koerner, K. Kuivinen, H.B. Clausen, S.J. Johnsen, J.-P. Steffensen, N. Gundestrup, and C.U. Hammer,
    Inter-comparison of ice core delta-O18 and precipitation records from sites in Canada and Greenland over the last 3500 years and over the last few centuries in detail using EOF techniques,
    in: Climatic Variations and Forcing Mechanisms of the last 2000 years, NATO Series I 41, Global Environmental Change, P.D. Jones, R.S. Bradley, J. Jouzel, eds., pp. 297-328, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1996
15. M.T. Gudmundsson,
    Ice-volcano interaction at the subglacial Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland,
    in: Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Volcanoes, CRREL Special Report, Colbeck, S. (ed.), 96-27, 34-40 (1996)
16. M.T. Gudmundsson, Th. Högnadottir and H. Björnsson,
    Effects of surges on runoff in glacier-fed rivers,
    in: Nordic Hydrological Conference Vol. 1, O. Sigurdsson, K. Einarsson, and H. Adalsteinsson, eds., p. 275, 1996
17. N.S. Gundestrup, S.J. Johnsen, P. Journé, S.M. d'Héres, and J. Schwander,
    The EPICA deep ice core drill,
    in: The Ocean and the Poles, G. Hempel, ed., pp. 279-287, G. Fischer Verlag, 1996
18. S. Jonsson, and P. Einarsson,
    Radon anomalies and earthquakes in the South Iceland seismic zone 1977-1993,
    in: Seismology in Europe, B. Thorkelsson et al., eds., p. 247-252, European Seismological Commission, Reykjavik, 1996
19. L. Kristjansson and G. Jonsson,
    Aeromagnetic surveys off South and West Iceland in 1990-1992,
    Report, Science Institute RH-06-96, 31 pp., University of Iceland, 1996
20. L. Kristjansson and H. Johannesson,
    Stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of the lava pile south of Ísafjarðardjúp, NW Iceland,
    Jökull 44, 3-16 (1996)
21. G. Larsen, M.T. Gudmundsson, and H. Björnsson,
    Tephrastratigraphy of ablation areas of Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland,
    in: Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Volcanoes, CRREL Special Report: A tribute to
    Mark F. Meier, Colbeck, S. (ed.), 96-27, 75-80 (1996)
22. D.M. Lawler, H. Björnsson, and M. Dolan,
    Impact of subglacial geothermal activity on meltwater quality in the Jökulsá á Sólheimasandi system, southern Iceland,
    Hydrological Processes 10, 557-578 (1996)
23. W. Menke, B. Brandsdottir, P. Einarsson, and I.Th. Bjarnason,
    Reinterpretation of the RRISP-77 Iceland shear wave profiles,
    Geophys. J. Int. 126, 166-172 (1996)
24. M.S. Seidenkrantz, L. Bornmalm, S.J. Johnsen, K.L. Knudsen, A. Kuijpers, S.E. Lauritzen, S.A.G. Leroy, I. Mergeai, C. Schweger, and B. van Vliet-Lanoe,
    2-step deglaciation at the oxygen isotope stage 6/5E transition - the Zeifen-Kattegat climate oscillation,
    Quaternary Science Reviews 15, 63-75 (1996)
25. H. Shimamura, R. Stefansson, M. Mochizuki, T. Watanabe, H. Shiobara, G. Gudmundsson, and P. Einarsson,
    Northern Reykjanes Ridge microseismicity revealed by dense OBS arrays,
    in: Seismology in Europe, B. Thorkelsson et al., eds., p. 491-497, European Seismological Commission, Reykjavik, 1996
26. H. Soosalu and P. Einarsson,
    Torfajökull seismicity - Hydrothermal cooling of a magma body?
    in: Seismology in Europe, B. Thorkelsson et al., eds., p. 467-472, European Seismological Commission, Reykjavik, 1996
27. A. Sveinbjornsdottir, G.O. Fridleifsson, and J. Eiriksson,
    Promising drillsites within the Tjornes fracture zone sedimentary basin, north of Iceland,
    TERRA NOSTRA, Schriften der Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung 96/4, First EuroColloqium of the Ocean Drilling Program, Oldenburg, Germany, p. 82-83 (1996)
28. J. Verhoef, W.R. Roest, R. Macnab, J. Arkani-Hamed, and the Project Team,
    L. Kristjansson and G. Jonsson supplied magnetic data from Iceland and the insular shelf, and the Science Institute of Iceland is listed in these publications as one of over 80 "data contributors" in the project,
    Geological survey of Canada open files
    #3125b (report), 3125a (digital data base on CD-ROM), 3281 (color map of magnetic anomalies over the Arctic Ocean north of 64), 3280 (color map of magnetic anomalies over the North Atlantic north of 30) and 3282 (map poster)
29. N.R.W. Weir, R.S. White, B. Brandsdottir, P. Einarsson, H. Shiobara, and H. Shimamura,
    Reykjanes, Iceland, Seismic Experiment: RISE 96,
    Fieldwork report, University of Cambridge, Hokkaido University, University of Iceland, 28 p., 1996
30. R.S. White, J.H. McBride, P.K.H. Maguire, B. Brandsdottir, W. Menke, T.A. Minshull, K.R. Richardson, J.R. Smallwood, R.K. Staples, and the FIRE Working Group,
    Seismic images of crust beneath Iceland contribute to long-standing debate,
    Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 97, 197, 199-200 (1996)
31. R.S. White, R.K. Staples, B. Brandsdottir, W. Menke, J.H. McBride, P.K.H. Maguire, T.A. Minshull, K.R. Richardson, J.R. Smallwood, and the FIRE fieldwork team,
    Faeroe-Iceland Ridge Experiment (FIRE): Crustal structure of north-east Iceland,
    BRIDGE Newsletter 10, 4-8 (1996)
32. Yang Shen, S.C. Solomon, I.Th. Bjarnason, and G.M. Purdy,
    Hot mantle transition zone beneath Iceland and the adjacent Mid-Atlantic Ridge inferred from P-to-S conversions at the 410- and 660-km discontinuities,
    Geophysical Research Letters 23 (24), 3527-3530, (1996)