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Sigrún Hreinsdóttir

Sigrún Hreinsdóttir

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Overview

Sigrún Hreinsdóttir is affiliated with GNS Science in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research specializes primarily in geophysics, with significant work also conducted in aerospace engineering, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and artificial intelligence applied to earth sciences.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad array of subjects, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Seismic waves and analysis

Among recent publications are notable papers such as "Deformation and seismicity decline before the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption" (2022, Nature), "Fracturing and tectonic stress drive ultrarapid magma flow into dikes" (2024, Science), "A Snapshot of New Zealand's Dynamic Deformation Field From Envisat InSAR and GNSS Observations Between 2003 and 2011" (2022, Geophysical Research Letters), "Volcanic Unrest at Taupō Volcano in 2019: Causes, Mechanisms and Implications" (2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems), and "Sea Level Rise in New Zealand: The Effect of Vertical Land Motion on Century-Long Tide Gauge Records in a Tectonically Active Region" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth).

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sigrún Hreinsdóttir include:

  • Freysteinn Sigmundsson
  • Vincent Drouin
  • Halldór Geirsson
  • Michelle Parks
  • Benedíkt G. Ófeigsson

Publication venues where this researcher regularly contributes feature prominently in geosciences, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

The scope of their work integrates complex methods such as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for deformation monitoring, geophysical gravity measurements, and seismic wave analysis. This interdisciplinarity supports investigations into tectonic activity, volcanic unrest, and associated geological processes.

Best Publications

  • Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

    Ian J. Hamling;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Kate Clark;John Elliott

  • Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland

    Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Andrew Hooper;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Kristín S. Vogfjörd

  • The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event.

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Peter J Haeussler;Jeffrey T Freymueller;Arthur D Frankel

  • Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull explosive eruption

    Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Andrew Hooper;Thóra Árnadóttir

  • Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow

    Magnús T. Gudmundsson;Kristín Jónsdóttir;Andrew Hooper;Eoghan P. Holohan

  • Active Deformation Processes in Alaska, Based on 15 Years of GPS Measurements

    Jeffrey T. Freymueller;Hilary Woodard;Steven C. Cohen;Ryan Cross

  • Implications of deformation following the 2002 Denali, Alaska, earthquake for postseismic relaxation processes and lithospheric rheology

    Andrew M. Freed;Roland Bürgmann;Eric Calais;Jeff Freymueller

  • Highly variable coastal deformation in the 2016 MW7.8 Kaikōura earthquake reflects rupture complexity along a transpressional plate boundary

    K.J. Clark;E.K. Nissen;J.D. Howarth;I.J. Hamling

  • A large slow slip event and the depth of the seismogenic zone in the south central Alaska subduction zone

    Yusaku Ohta;Jeffrey T. Freymueller;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Hisashi Suito

  • Large-scale dynamic triggering of shallow slow slip enhanced by overlying sedimentary wedge

    Laura M. Wallace;Laura M. Wallace;Yoshihiro Kaneko;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Ian Hamling

  • The 2008 May 29 earthquake doublet in SW Iceland

    J. Decriem;T. Árnadóttir;A. Hooper;H. Geirsson

  • Syn‐convergent extension observed using the RETREAT GPS network, northern Apennines, Italy

    R. A. Bennett;E. Serpelloni;S. Hreinsdóttir;M. T. Brandon

  • Eocene to present subduction of southern Adria mantle lithosphere beneath the Dinarides

    Richard A. Bennett;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Goran Buble;Tomislav Bašić

  • Deformation and seismicity decline before the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption

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  • Volcanic plume height correlated with magma-pressure change at Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland

    Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Freysteinn Sigmundsson;Matthew J. Roberts;Halldór Björnsson

  • Crustal deformation at the oblique spreading Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland: GPS measurements from 1993 to 1998

    Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Páll Einarsson;Freysteinn Sigmundsson

  • Triggered Slow Slip and Afterslip on the Southern Hikurangi Subduction Zone Following the Kaikōura Earthquake

    Laura M. Wallace;Laura M. Wallace;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Susan Ellis;Ian Hamling

  • Active aseismic creep on the Alto Tiberina low-angle normal fault, Italy

    Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Richard A. Bennett

  • New Zealand GPS velocity field: 1995–2013

    John Beavan;Laura M Wallace;Neville Palmer;Paul Denys

  • Present-day strain accumulation and slip rates associated with southern San Andreas and eastern California shear zone faults

    Joshua C. Spinler;Richard A. Bennett;Megan L. Anderson;Sally F. McGill

  • Coseismic slip distribution of the 2002 MW7.9 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska, determined from GPS measurements

    Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Jeffrey T. Freymueller;Hilary J. Fletcher;Christopher F. Larsen

  • The Great Alaska "Earthquake" of 1998-2001

    J. Freymueller;C. Zweck;H. Fletcher;S. Hreinsdöttir

Frequent Co-Authors

Freysteinn Sigmundsson
Freysteinn Sigmundsson University of Iceland
Andrew Hooper
Andrew Hooper University of Leeds
Thóra Árnadóttir
Thóra Árnadóttir University of Iceland
Richard A. Bennett
Richard A. Bennett University of Arizona
Páll Einarsson
Páll Einarsson University of Iceland
Erik Sturkell
Erik Sturkell University of Gothenburg
Magnús T. Gudmundsson
Magnús T. Gudmundsson University of Iceland
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey T. Freymueller
Jeffrey T. Freymueller Michigan State University
Sigurjón Jónsson
Sigurjón Jónsson King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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