Publications

Sigmundsson, F.,  A. Hooper, S. Hreinsdóttir, K. S. Vogfjörd, B. Ófeigsson, E.R. Heimisson, S. Dumont, M. Parks, K. Spaans, G. B. Guðmundsson, V. Drouin, Th. Árnadóttir, K. Jónsdóttir, M. T. Gudmundsson, Th. Högnadóttir, H. M. Friðriksdóttir, M. Hensch, P. Einarsson, E. Magnússon, S. Samsonov, B. Brandsdóttir, R. S. White, Th. Ágústsdóttir, T. Greenfield, R. G. Green, Á. R. Hjartardóttir, R. Pedersen, R. Bennett, H. Geirsson, P. LaFemina, H. Björnsson, F. Pálsson, E. Sturkell, C. J. Bean, M. Möllhoff, A. Braiden, and E.P.S. Eibl, Segmented lateral dyke growth in a rifting event at Bárðarbunga volcanic system, Iceland, Nature, 517, 191–195, doi:10.1038/nature14111, 2015
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E de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen, H Rymer, E. Sturkell, R. Pedersen, A. Hooper, F. Sigmundsson, B. Ófeigsson. Geodetic data shed light on ongoing caldera subsidence at Askja, Iceland, Bulletin of Volcanology, 75 (5), 1-13, doi: 10.1007/s00445-013-0709-2, 2013.

Sturkell, E., K. Ágústsson, A.T. Linde, S.I. Sacks, P. Einarsson, F. Sigmundsson, H. Geirsson, R. Pedersen, P. C. LaFemina, H. Ólafsson. New insights into volcanic activity from strain and other deformation data for the Hekla 2000 eruption, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 256, 78-86. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.02.001, 2013

de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen, R. Pedersen, A.J. Hooper, F. Sigmundsson, Subsidence of Askja caldera 2000–2009: Modelling of deformation processes at an extensional plate boundary, constrained by time series InSAR analysis, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 213–214, 72–82.  doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.11.004, 2012

Wright, T.J., F. Sigmundsson, C. Pagli, M. Belachew, I.J. Hamling, B. Brandsdóttir, D. Keir, R. Pedersen, A. Ayele, C. Ebinger, P. Einarsson, E. Lewi and E. Calais, Geophysical constraints on the dynamics of spreading centres from rifting episodes on land, Nature Geoscience, 5, 242–250, doi:10.1038/ngeo1428, 2012.

Haney, M.M., Nies, A., Masterlark, T., Needy, S. and Pedersen, R., Interpretation of Rayleigh-wave ellipticity observed with multicomponent passive seismic interferometry at Hekla Volcano, Iceland.  The Leading Edge, 30, 526;  doi:10.1190/1.3589111, 2011

Sigmundsson, F., Hreinsdóttir, S., Hooper, A., Árnadóttir, Th., Pedersen, R., Roberts, M. J., Óskarsson, N., Auriac, A., Decriem, J., Einarsson, P., Geirsson, H., Hensch, M., Ófeigsson, B. G., Sturkell, E., Sveinbjörnsson, H., and Feigl K.L., Intrusion triggering of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull explosive eruption, Nature, 468, 426-430, doi:10.1038/nature09558, 2010

Gudmundsson, M.T., Pedersen, R., Vogfjörd, K., Thorbjarnadóttir, B., Jakobsdóttir, S., and Roberts, M. J., Eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland, EOS, Vol. 91, No. 21, 2010.

Pedersen, R., Sigmundsson, F., Masterlark,T., Rheologic controls on interrifting deformation of the Northern Volcanic Zone, Iceland, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 281, 14-26, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.003, 2009.

Hooper, A., Pedersen, R., Sigmundsson, F., Constraints on magma intrusion at Eyjafjallajökull and Katla volcanoes in Iceland, from time series SAR Interferometry, in: The VOLUME Project; VOLcanoes: Understanding subsurface mass movement, Edited by C.J. Bean, A. K. Braiden, I Lokmer, F. Martini and G.S. O’Brien, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2009.

Pedersen, R., F. Sigmundsson and P. Einarsson, Controlling factors on earthquake swarms associated with magmatic intrusions; constraints from Iceland, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 162, p. 73-80, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.12.010, 2007.

Pagli C., F. Sigmundsson, R. Pedersen, P. Einarsson, T. Árnadóttir and K. L. Feigl, Crustal deformation associated with the 1996 Gjálp subglacial eruption, Iceland: InSAR studies in affected areas adjacent to the Vatnajökull ice cap, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 259, 24-33, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.019, 2007.

Pedersen, R., F. Sigmundsson, A.J. Hooper, and K.L. Feigl, Extending the temporal coverage of Icelandic crustal deformation measurements through ENVISAT InSAR images, Proc. of the 2007 ENVISAT Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland, 23-27 April, 2007.

Hooper, A and R. Pedersen, Deformation due to magma movement andice unloading at Katla Volcano, Iceland, detected by persistent scatterer InSAR, Proc. of the 2007 ENVISAT Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland, 23-27 April, 2007.

Höskuldsson, Á., N. Óskarsson, Pedersen, R., K. Grönvold, K. Vogfjör and R. Ólafsdóttir, The millenium eruption of Hekla in February 2000, Bulletin of Volcanology, doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0128-3, 2007.

Pedersen, R. and F. Sigmundsson, Temporal development of the 1999 intrusive episode in the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland, derived from InSAR images, Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 68(4), 377-393, doi:10.1007/s00445- 005-0020-y, 2006.

Einarsson, P., F. Sigmundsson, E. Sturkell, Th. Árnadóttir, R. Pedersen, C. Pagli, and H. Geirsson, Geodynamic signals detected by geodetic methods in Iceland. In: C. Hirt (editor), Festschrift for G. Seeber, University of Hannover, 2006.

Sturkell, E., P. Einarsson, F. Sigmundsson, H. Geirsson, H. Ólafsson, R. Pedersen, E. de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen, A.T. Linde, S.I. Sacks and R. Stefánsson, Volcano geodesy and magma dynamics in Iceland, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 150 (1-3), p. 14-34, 2006.

Holm, P.M., J.R. Wilson, B.P. Christensen, L. Hansen, S.L. Hansen, K.M. Hein, A.K. Mortensen, R. Pedersen, S. Plesner and M.K. Runge, Sampling the Cape Verde Mantle Plume: Evolution of Melt Compositions on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands, Journal of Petrology, vol. 47 (1), p. 145-189, doi:10.1093/petrology/egi071, 2006.

Pedersen, R., and F. Sigmundsson, InSAR based model links spatially offset areas of deformation and seismicity for the 1994 unrest episode at Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Iceland, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31 (L14610), doi:10.1029/2004GL020368, 2004.

de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen, E., R. Pedersen, F. Sigmundsson and C. Pagli, Satellite Radar Interferometry 1993-1999 suggests deep accumulation of magma near the crust-mantle boundary at the Krafla volcanic system, Iceland, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31 (L13611), doi:10.1029/2004GL020059, 2004.

Pedersen, R., S. Jónsson, Th. Árnadóttir, F. Sigmundsson, and K.L. Feigl, Fault slip distribution of two June 2000 Mw6.4 earthquakes in South Iceland estimated from joint inversion of InSAR and GPS measurements, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 213, p. 487-502, 2003.

Jónsson, S., P. Segall, R. Pedersen, and G. Björnsson, Post-earthquake ground movements correlated to pore-pressure transients, Nature, vol. 424, p. 179-183, 2003.

Árnadóttir, Th., S. Jónsson, R. Pedersen and G. Gudmundsson, Coulomb stress changes in the South Iceland Seismic Zone due to two large earthquakes in June 2000, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30 (5), doi:10.1029/2002GL016495, 2003.

Pagli, C., R. Pedersen, F. Sigmundsson and K.L. Feigl, Triggered fault slip on June 17, 2000 on the Reykjanes Peninsula, SW-Iceland captured by radar interferometry, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30 (6), doi:10.1029/2002GL015310, 2003.

Pedersen, R., F. Sigmundsson, K.L. Feigl and Th. Árnadóttir, Coseismic interferograms of two MS=6.6 earthquakes in the South Iceland Seismic Zone, June 2000, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 28 (17), pp. 3341-3344, 2001.