Eyjaffjallajokull (V) 2010

Question 1

What made it a disaster?

Answer 1

Impacted the soil of the surrounding area which affected livestock.
Ash cloud which affected flights in Europe - over 95,000 flights were affected. But there were no deaths or human fatalities. There were only economic losses associated with flight cancellations - airports lost around 80m

Question 2

Park’s model - relief

Answer 2

None was required

Question 3

Park’s model - reconstruction

Answer 3

There wasn’t really any substantial damage.

Question 4

Magnitude

Answer 4

2 VEI

Question 5

Capacity of the population to cope

Answer 5

Developed country, ver un-densely populated country.

Question 6

Hazard

Answer 6

Melting of large amounts of ice, 750 tonnes of magma ejected every second, flooding from silting up of rivers and melting of 150m thick ice cap.

Question 7

Areal extent

Answer 7

Ash went 30,000 ft into the air - all across Europe

Question 8

Source - British geological society

Answer 8

Written by Dr Sue Loughlin and Dr Brian Baptie on 16 May 2010 - reliable…

Question 9

Source - Geography in the News (article)

Answer 9

Written on the 20th April 2010

Question 10

Source - website - volcano.oregonstate.com

Answer 10

Reliable written by uni researchers and thus experts.

Question 11

Park’s model - pre-disaster

Answer 11

Iceland volcano had swollen flanks for 11 weeks.
Volcanologists were documenting the events before it happened.
(Guardian)