Jökull - 01.01.2017, Qupperneq 3

JÖKULL
67. ár / No. 67, 2017
Útgefendur / Published by:
JÖKLARANNSÓKNAFÉLAG ÍSLANDS / ICELAND GLACIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
JARÐFRÆÐAFÉLAG ÍSLANDS / GEOSCIENCE SOCIETY OF ICELAND
Ritstjórar / Editors:
Bryndís Brandsdóttir, bryndis@hi.is; Jarðvísindastofnun Háskólans, Raunvísindastofnun HÍ/
Institute of Earth Sciences, Science Institute, University of Iceland
Öskju, Sturlugötu 7, IS-101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Gréta Björk Kristjánsdóttir, greta@hi.is; Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið, Háskóla Íslands /
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland
VR-II, Hjarðarhaga 2–6, IS-107 Reykjavík, Iceland
Snævarr Guðmundsson, snaevarr@nattsa.is; Náttúrustofu Suðausturlands /
South East Iceland Nature Center, Litlubrú 2, 780 Höfn í Hornafirði, Iceland
Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, thor@vedur.is; Veðurstofa Íslands /
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, Bústaðavegi 7–9, IS-150 Reykjavík, Iceland
Ritnefnd / Editorial Board:
Christopher J. Caseldine, C.J.Caseldine@exeter.ac.uk, School of Geography and Archaeology, Univ. of Exeter, UK
Fiona S. Tweed, f.s.tweed@staffs.ac.uk, Division of Geography, Staffordshire University, UK
Gifford H. Miller, gmiller@colorado.edu, INSTAAR, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Haraldur Sigurdsson, haraldur@gso.uri.edu, Department of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, USA
Helgi Björnsson, hb@hi.is, Jarðvísindastofnun Háskólans / Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
Karen Luise Knudsen, karenluise.knudsen@geo.au.dk, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Karl Grönvold, karlgr@hi.is, Norræna Eldfjallasetrinu / Nordic Volcanol. Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Reykjavík
Kristján Sæmundsson, ks@isor.is, Íslenskar Orkurannsóknir / Iceland GeoSurvey, Reykjavík
Robert S. Detrick, detrick@iris.edu, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology IRIS, Washington DC, USA
Tómas Jóhannesson, tj@vedur.is, Veðurstofu Íslands / The Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavík
William H. Menke, menke@ldeo.columbia.edu, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA
Jökull is indexed and abstracted by Thomson Reuters in their Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition. The Jökull homepage is at jokulljournal.is
Uppsetning / Layout: Bryndís Brandsdóttir.
Prentun / Printed by: Prentsmiðjan Oddi hf. Febrúar / February 2018
Dreifing / Distribution: Pósthólf 5128 / P.O. Box 5128, IS-125 Reykjavík
Forsíðumynd / Cover figure: Askja Öræfajökuls með sigkatlinum sem varð til í nóvember 2017 í miðju. Lengst
til vinstri eru upptök Kvíárjökuls, Sveinsgnýpur og Sveinstindur marka austurbrún öskjunnar en við vesturjaðar-
inn hægra megin rís Hvannadalshnjúkur. Fjær sést til Skeiðarársands og Skeiðarárjökuls. – View from southeast
of the ice-filled summit caldera of Öræfajökull with the cauldron that formed in November 2017 in the centre.
Hvannadalshnjúkur, the highest point in Iceland is on the western (farther) rim of the caldera. Ljósm./Photo.
Mariel Dirscherl, 18. nóvember 2017. Texti/Text: Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson.