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Gudrún Larsen is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Earth-Surface Processes. Their research spans a variety of topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, cryospheric studies and observations, methane hydrates and related phenomena, as well as geological formations and processes.

The scientist has contributed to key peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • JOKULL
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gudrún Larsen include:

  • "Ocean-rafted pumice constrains postglacial relative sea-level and supports Holocene ice cap survival," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Long or short silicic magma residence time beneath Hekla volcano, Iceland?," 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "The multi-component Hekla Ö Tephra, Iceland: a complex widespread mid-Holocene tephra layer," 2020, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • "Ljósmyndir Þorláks Sverrissonar í Vík: Kötlugosið 1918 í nyju ljósi," 2021, JOKULL
  • "Rapid differentiation of mafic to intermediate magma constrained by Ra-Th disequilibrium and the size of magma chamber beneath Hekla volcano, Iceland," 2024, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Gudrún Larsen frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Esther R. Guðmundsdóttir
  • Olgeir Sigmarsson
  • Wesley R. Farnsworth
  • Egill Erlendsson
  • Ólafur Inǵólfsson

Their research addresses fundamental questions related to volcanic activity, magma dynamics, and postglacial environmental changes, particularly focusing on Icelandic geological features and phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Volcanism in Iceland in historical time: Volcano types, eruption styles and eruptive history

    Thorvaldur Thordarson;G. Larsen

  • Ash generation and distribution from the April-May 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

    Magnús T. Gudmundsson;Thorvaldur Thordarson;Ármann Höskuldsson;Gudrún Larsen

  • Seven tephra isochrones in Scotland

    Andrew J. Dugmore;Gu∂rún Larsen;Anthony J. Newton

  • Characterization of Eyjafjallajokull volcanic ash particles and a protocol for rapid risk assessment

    S. R. Gislason;Tue Hassenkam;Sorin Nedel;Nicolas Emile Bovet

  • Geochemistry of historical-age silicic tephras in Iceland:

    Gudrún Larsen;Andrew Dugmore;Anthony Newton

  • Recent volcanic history of the Veidivötn fissure swarm, southern Iceland — an approach to volcanic risk assessment

    Gudrun Larsen

  • Marine reservoir age variability and water mass distribution in the Iceland Sea

    Jón Eiríksson;Gudrún Larsen;Karen Luise Knudsen;Jan Heinemeier

  • Late Quaternary terrestrial tephrochronology of Iceland—frequency of explosive eruptions, type and volume of tephra deposits

    Gudrún Larsen;Jón Eiríksson

  • Geochemistry, dispersal, volumes and chronology of Holocene silicic tephra layers from the Katla volcanic system, Iceland

    Gudrún Larsen;Anthony J. Newton;Andrew J. Dugmore;Elsa G. Vilmundardóttir

  • Radiocarbon dating tephra layers in Britain and Iceland.

    Andrew Dugmore;G. T. Cook;J. S. Shore;Anthony Newton

  • New estimates of sulfur degassing and atmospheric mass-loading by the 934 AD Eldgja eruption, Iceland

    Thorvaldur Thordarson;D. J. Miller;G. Larsen;S. Self

  • Eight centuries of periodic volcanism at the center of the Iceland hotspot revealed by glacier tephrostratigraphy

    Gudrún Larsen;Magnús T. Gudmundsson;Helgi Björnsson

  • Geochemical stability of fine‐grained silicic Holocene tephra in Iceland and Scotland

    Andrew J. Dugmore;Anthony J. Newton;David E. Sugden;Gudrun Larsen

  • Katla volcano, Iceland: magma composition, dynamics and eruption frequency as recorded by Holocene tephra layers

    Bergrún Arna Óladóttir;Bergrún Arna Óladóttir;Olgeir Sigmarsson;Olgeir Sigmarsson;Gudrun Larsen;Thor Thordarson;Thor Thordarson

  • The 1991 eruption of Hekla, Iceland

    Agust Gudmundsson;Niels Oskarsson;Karl Gronvold;Kristjan Saemundsson

  • Rapid sea-level rise in the North Atlantic Ocean since the first half of the nineteenth century

    W. Roland Gehrels;William A. Marshall;Maria J. Gehrels;Gudrún Larsen

  • Weather radar observations of the Hekla 2000 eruption cloud, Iceland

    C. Lacasse;S. Karlsdóttir;G. Larsen;H. Soosalu

  • Correlation of late Holocene terrestrial and marine tephra markers, north Iceland: implications for reservoir age changes

    Gudrun Larsen;Jón Eiríksson;Karen Luise Knudsen;Jan Heinemeier

  • Holocene eruptions within the Katla volcanic system, south Iceland: Characteristics and environmental impact

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  • Evidence of the Eldgjá (Iceland) eruption in the GISP2 Greenland ice core: relationship to eruption processes and climatic conditions in the tenth century

    Gregory A. Zielinski;Mark S. Germani;Gudrun Larsen;Michael G. L. Baillie

  • Widespread dispersal of Icelandic tephra: how does the Eyjafjöll eruption of 2010 compare to past Icelandic events?

    Siwan M. Davies;Gudrun Larsen;Stefan Wastegard;Chris S. M. Turney

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnús T. Gudmundsson
Magnús T. Gudmundsson University of Iceland
Olgeir Sigmarsson
Olgeir Sigmarsson University of Iceland
Thorvaldur Thordarson
Thorvaldur Thordarson University of Iceland
Ármann Höskuldsson
Ármann Höskuldsson University of Iceland
Jón Eiríksson
Jón Eiríksson University of Iceland
Bruce F. Houghton
Bruce F. Houghton University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jan Heinemeier
Jan Heinemeier Aarhus University
Andrew J. Dugmore
Andrew J. Dugmore University of Edinburgh
Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Freysteinn Sigmundsson University of Iceland
Karen Luise Knudsen
Karen Luise Knudsen Aarhus University

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