✅Case Study - Eyjafjallajokull 2010 Flashcards
What type of plate boundary is Eyjafjallajokull on?
Constructive
Where is Eyjafjallajokull?
Southern Iceland
Which plates meet on the boundary?
The North American and Eurasian
How fast are the plates moving?
2.5cm per year
Why does magma rise?
Because there’s lower pressure at the surface
What is a Jökulhlaup?
A flow of meltwater from a volcano and ice cap
How many people died in the eruption?
0
How many people were evacuated?
500 farmers and their families
What happened to the roads around the volcano before the eruption?
They were shut down to prevent people using them
What did the ash do to local water supplies?
Contaminated them with high concentrations of fluoride
How was the ash redistributed?
By winds, pumped high into the atmosphere above Northern and Western Europe
Why were the such disruptions to aircraft?
The particles in the ash clog up the plane engines as they attempt to fly through them
How much money was lost per day by airlines?
£130 million according to the IATA
How many flights were cancelled?
107,000, 48% of total air traffic and affecting 10 million people
How did the eruption affect Kenya?
20% of their economy is based on export of green vegetables and flowers to Europe and are transported by air