Petrologi Jan Mayen
Happy Monday!, 2023. Jan Mayen Meteorologisk Institutt: The homepage of the station at Jan Mayen [online]. 2023. [Accessed 3 March 2023]. Retrieved from: https://jan.mayen.no/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/329835112_3444731649149551_6995292371944619947_n.jpgVolcanic ash attributed to Jan Mayen has been found in many distal sites in the North-Atlantic region however, descriptions of tephra horizons in the proximity of Jan Mayen are few and this study aims to increase the knowledge of tephra producing eruptions from Jan Mayen. This project involves studying volcanic ash in sediments from the sea floor near Jan Mayen. The volcanic ash is analysed to get the ages of larger eruptions that have occured in the past and to reconstruct magma storage conditions underneath Jan Mayen.
Project partners:
University of Bergen
UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
University of Iceland
Members:
Eirik Gjerløw (Principal investigator)
Financial/grant information:
ELKEM OG OLGE ADAMSONS STIFTELSE TIL STØTTE AV GEOLOGISK FORSKNING
Duration: 03.2020 - 10.2023
Total budget: 62,000 NOK