Dr. Skilling's project is a detailed study of the history of volcano-ice interaction at this well known Icelandic volcano (Askja).  It is an intergrated (sedimentology, volcanology, geochemistry and geochronology) study, involving collaboration with Icelandic and UK scientists.  The aim of the project is to reconstruct the interaction of this large, long-lived dominantly basaltic volcano with the surrounding ice during the Pleistocene, and to record how such a volcano preserves evidence of ice presence and ice thickness.  In addition to the paleoclimate aspect of the project, it also has direct applicability to understand the interaction of large basaltic shield volcanoes and the cryosphere on Mars.

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