Ground uplift detected northwest of Þorbjörn
New data reveals a complex process of magma
movements on the Reykjanes Peninsula
28.10.2023
Updated 28th of October at 1:30pm
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This is interesting because the cemter of the uplift signal
is around 1.5 km northwest of Þorbjörn, close to the Blue
Lagoon and Svartsengi Power Station. In 2020 and 2022,
similar uplift signals were detected in the same area and
with similar geometry.
Blue Lagoon (geothermal spa)
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Svartsengi Power Station
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Yours,
Paul H.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)