Autumn conference JFÍ, 4. Oktober 2024
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
Convener: Þorsteinn Sæmundsson
09:00 – 09:05 Opening
Þorsteinn Sæmundsson
09:05 – 09:15 Welcome note
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland
09:15 – 09:30 Geological Mapping Offshore Iceland: Past, Present and Future
Anett Blischke
09:30 – 09:45 Hydrography and ocean currents around Iceland – observation programs of Hafrannsóknastofnun
Andreas Macrander
09:45 – 10:00 Charting coastal waters around Iceland
Árni Vésteinsson
10:00 – 10:15 Overview University of Iceland
Angel Ruiz Angulo
10:15 – 11:00 Coffee break
Convener: Angel Ruiz-Angulo
11:00 – 11:30 MAREANO – the Norwegian seabed mapping programme
Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir
11:30 – 11:45 Seabed Extraction in Iceland
Tinna Jónsdóttir
11:45 – 12:00 The origin and impact of ocean variability on climate in Iceland
Steingrímur Jónsson
12:00 – 12:15 Seafloor mapping: Iceland’s EEZ and Collaborative Seafloor Exploration
Davíð Þór Óðinsson (Julian Burgos)
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch
Convener: Steingrímur Jónsson
13:00 – 13:30 Marine Tectonics from SWOT Altimetry: Global Abyssal Hills
David Sandwell
13:30 – 13:45 The Tjörnes Transform, N-Iceland: Assessing post-glacial tectonic activity on offshore fault systems with high-resolution
seismic data
Bryndís Brandsdóttir
13:45 – 14:00 Deep structural mapping, fault geometries, and stratigraphic framework of the Skjálfandi Bay area
14:00 – 14:15 IODP Leg 197: the volcanic successions at Detroit, Nintoku and Koko shield volcanos on the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount
chain
Þorvaldur Þórðarsson
14:15 – 14:30 Bathymetry – experiences from Vegagerðin
G.Orri Gröndal
14:30 – 14:45 “Marine Habitat Mapping in Iceland: progress and challenges”
Julian Burgos
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break
Convener: Anett Blischke
15:15 – 15:30 Glacial fingerprints on the Iceland shelf
Ívar Örn Benediktsson
15:30 – 15:45 Revisiting fjörumórinn in Faxaflói: refining Iceland´s Early Holocene low-stand
Wesley R. Farnsworth
15:45 – 16:00 Skrítið vatn (weird water): Observations of Complex Seawater Density Inversions in an Icelandic Fjord
Audria Dennen
16:00 – 16:15 Exploring Offshore Geothermal Fields around Iceland
Árni Hjartarson (Bjarni Richter)
16:15 – 16:30 Sea level rise around Iceland and risk of future flooding
Halldór Björnsson
16:30 – 16:45 Surges along the south coast of Iceland due to Katla eruptions
Jón Elvar Wallevik (Halldór Björnsson)
16:45 – 17:00 Bathymetry and Bottom Boundary Current Interactions South of Iceland: Key to Sustaining Benthic Ecosystems
17:00 Concluding notes:
Mr. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarsson, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate
Refreshments
Posters
Fracture zones and rift systems of eastern Iceland: Tectonic and geodynamic links to extinct rifts on the Iceland-Faroe Ridge and Iceland Plateau
Anett Blischke, Bryndís Brandsdóttir, Jeffrey A. Karson & Ögmundur Erlendsson
Distribution and Diversity of Benthic Invertebrate Species in Icelandic Waters: a comprehensive database referenced with a zoological collection.
Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Ostracoda from Hvalfjörður: diversity, distribution and biomonitoring experiment
Sarah Schmickal, Hafrún Birta Hafliðadóttir, Íris Mýrdal Kristindóttir, Hildur Magnúsdóttir & Steffen M Mischke
Geothermal utilization in the coastal area of Hjalteyri, central North Iceland
Sigurveig Árnadóttir, Bjarni Gautason, Erlendur Bogason, Finnbogi Óskarsson, Hjalti Steinn Gunnarsson, Sif Guðjónsdóttir & Sverrir Óskar Elefsen
Marine Heat Waves (MHW) around Iceland
Rakel M. E. Óttarsdóttir, A. Ruiz-Angulo & Simon Van Gennip
Evidence of volcanism and former rift axis within the southern extent of the Iceland-Faroe Ridge
Ögmundur Erlendsson Anett Blischke, Davíð Þ. Óðinsson & Sigvaldi Thordarson