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E15 volcano Flashcards

1
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where is e15 volcano

A

south iceland on midatlantic ridge

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2
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what type of vlcano is it

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stratocomposite volcano

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3
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when was the eruption

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april 2010

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4
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what is volcano located on

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hotspot

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5
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what was released from volcano

A

tephra, volcanic bombs, so2, CO, ash cloud, co2

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6
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how long did eruption last

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39 days

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7
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how big was eruption

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VEI 3

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8
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how many were evacuated

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800

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9
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how many flights were cancelled

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10000 in total

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10
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why did flooding increase

A

glacier melts

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11
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how much did aviation industry lose

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200 - 400 million per day

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12
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what contamination occured

A

water and land

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13
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why did temperatures drop

A

volcanic winter due to ash clouds

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14
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why did hospitalisations increase

A

ash caused breathing difficulties

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15
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how did food shortages occur

A

harvest lost due to lack of sun from ash cloud and ash contaminatio

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16
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which icelanic economy suffered alot

A

fresh fish exports

17
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what happned to some governements

A

key workers couldnt get home

president forced to run country from NYC

18
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how many were evacuated

A

800

19
Q

why did volunteers struggle to get to iceland

A

air travel was suspended

20
Q

who was food and water given to first

A

farmers and their animlas

21
Q

what were the changes to some rooves

A

stronger rooves to withstand ash

22
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what helped their economy

A

boosting tourism

23
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what did they do to water sources

A

cleaned them out so able to drink again

24
Q

what did gov invest in

A

better monitoring and prediction equipment

25
Q

where is volcano in respect to reykjavic

A

125km SE

26
Q

what plate boundary is volcano on

A

constructive

27
Q

how many farms destroyed by ash

A

20

28
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what did people do to reduce ash impacts

A

goggles and masks

29
Q

how much basaltic lava out

A

100 cubic meters

30
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how tall was ash plume

A

10km high

31
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how many deaths

A

0

32
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what caused flooding

A

ice cap melting

33
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how many people were stranded

A

10 million

34
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what was economic damage to europe

A

5 billion

35
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how much tourism loss

A

102 million

36
Q

large eruption did what to atmosphere

A

high co2 release increased global warming

37
Q

what did military do

A

royal navy ships deployed to rescue stranded tourists

38
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how did they reduce flooding

A

delibrately breached embankemts to allow water back to sea

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