Scheme of subglacial volcano eruptionIce covered Katla volcano, Iceland, in 2011, with hydrothermally or eruption caused ice cauldrons. The volcanic ash is from the 2010 eruptions at nearby Eyjafjallajökull volcano.Small subglacial eruption at Mount Redoubt, AlaskaExplosive subglacial eruption at Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, in 201045.000 m3/sec jökulhlaup on Skeiðarársandur, Iceland, in 1996 in connection with a eruption in GrímsvötnDegassing at a subglacial volcanic fissure, Makushin volcano, AlaskaDegassing at the subglacial Mount Erebus volcano, AntarcticaMixed subglacial fissure eruption at Mount Veniaminof, Alaska
A subglacial volcano, also known as a glaciovolcano, is a volcanic form produced by subglacial eruptions or eruptions beneath the surface of a glacier or ice sheet which is then melted into a lake by the rising lava. Today they are most common in Iceland and Antarctica; older formations of this type are found also in British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Canada.
During the eruption, the heat of the lava from the subglacial volcano melts the overlying ice. The water quickly cools the lava, resulting in pillow lava shapes similar to those of underwater volcanoes. When the pillow lavas break off and roll down the volcano slopes, pillow breccia, tuff breccia, and hyaloclastite form. The meltwater may be released from below the ice as happened in Iceland in 1996 when the Grímsvötn caldera erupted, melting 3 km3 of ice and giving rise to a large glacial lake outburst flood.
The shape of subglacial volcanoes tends to be quite characteristic and unusual, with a flattened top and steep sides supported against collapse by the pressure of the surrounding ice and meltwater. If the volcano eventually melts completely through the ice layer, then horizontal lava flows are deposited, and the top of the volcano assumes a nearly level form. However, if significant amounts of lava are later erupted subaerially, then the volcano may assume a more conventional shape. In Canada the volcanos have been known to form both conical and nearly level shapes.[1] The more distinctly flat-topped, steep-sided subglacial volcanoes are called tuyas, named after Tuya Butte in northern British Columbia by Canadian geologist Bill Mathews in 1947. In Iceland, such volcanoes are also known as table mountains.
^"Volcanoes of Canada". Geological Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
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