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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Dear all,<br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">On Monday the 11th of March at
14h, our dear Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir will defend her PhD
thesis: Fissure swarms of the Northern Volcanic Rift Zone,
Iceland. It will take place in Askja, room 132.<br>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Her opponents will be</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> Dr. Jeffrey A. Karson
professor at Syracuse University in New York and Dr. Roger
Buck Lamont Research Professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory, Columbia University also in New York.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">The supervisors of this project
were Dr. Páll Einarsson, professor at the Earth Science
Department Háskóla Íslands, Dr. Kristján Sæmundsson, geologist
at Ísor and Dr. Haukur Jóhannesson, independent geologist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Her PhD project was sponsored
by Háskólasjóði Eimskipafélags Íslands and Rannsóknasjóði. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Dr. Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson,
professor and head of the department will be the master of
this ceremony, which will be in ENGLISH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Link to Ásta's thesis: </span><a
href="http://raunvis.hi.is/%7Eastahj/PhD_thesis_ARH.pdf"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">http://raunvis.hi.is/~astahj/PhD_thesis_ARH.pdf</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> Íslenska:</span></p>
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Mánudaginn 11. mars klukkan 14 mun <b>Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir</b>
verja doktorsritgerð sína: <b>Sprungusveimar
Norðurgosbeltisins á Íslandi (á ensku: Fissure swarms of the
Northern Volcanic Rift Zone, Iceland) </b>í stofu N-132 í
Öskju. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Andmælendur verða Dr. Jeffrey
A. Karson prófessor við Syracuse University í New York og Dr.
Roger Buck Lamont Research Professor við Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory, Columbia University í New York.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Leiðbeinendur í verkefninu voru
Dr. Páll Einarsson, prófessor við Jarðvísindadeild Háskóla
Íslands, Dr. Kristján Sæmundsson, jarðfræðingur hjá Ísor og
Dr. Haukur Jóhannesson, jarðfræðingur.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir fæddist
17. maí 1978. Hún lauk stúdentsprófi frá Fjölbrautaskólanum í
Breiðholti árið 1997 og B.Sc prófi í jarðfræði árið 2003.
Árið 2008 lauk hún meistaranámi í jarðeðlisfræði frá Háskóla
Íslands og byrjaði í doktorsnámi árið 2009. Doktorsverkefnið
var styrkt af Háskólasjóði Eimskipafélags Íslands og
Rannsóknasjóði. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Dr. Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson,
prófessor og forseti Jarðvísindadeildar, mun stjórna
athöfninni sem fer fram á ensku.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Tengill á ritgerð: </span><a
href="http://raunvis.hi.is/%7Eastahj/PhD_thesis_ARH.pdf"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">http://raunvis.hi.is/~astahj/PhD_thesis_ARH.pdf</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Cordial Saludo / Regards / Best Kv.
Jorge Montalvo, M.Paed
M.Sc. Candidate (Analysis of Volcanic Hazards)
University of Iceland - Institute of Earth Sciences
Askja - Office 376
GSM: +354-845-3911
Alternate email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:montalvo.jorgee@gmail.com">montalvo.jorgee@gmail.com</a>
Reykjavík, Ísland</pre>
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