Emily Constantine Mercurio

PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh

Department of Geology and Planetary Science

I study multiple-vent volcanic fissures that have erupted under ice during the last glacial maximum in Iceland. I am interested in both the volcanology and paleoclimatology of these unique structures.

Above: Looking southward from the Sveifluháls volcanic ridge. The North Atlantic is in the background.

 

Left: In front of Lake Kleifarvatn, SW Iceland.

 

Below: A view of the southern half of Lake Kleifarvatn, looking westard from atop the Sveifluháls volcanic ridge, Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland.