Eyjafijallajokull Flashcards
Where
Southern coast of Iceland 100 km South East of Reykjavik
Plate
Mid Atlantic ridge at constructive where North American plate moves fro. Eurasian plate
1st eruption
Fissure eruption ash 4km into air
Major eruption
14th erupted ash 8km into atmosphere
Why was second eruption so bad
Under 200m glacial ice, melt water flowed into volcano vaporising and increasing explosive power and cooled quickly causing glass rich fine ash
Problem of jet steam
Sat directly over Iceland and was unusually stable while anti cyclone conditions in uk caused strong winds causing ash to be dispersed
Kenyan economy
20% economy made from perishable goods which could not be flown
How much did London loose in flights
102 million
How many flights canceled a day
17,000 a day 95,000 in total causing 2 billion lost
What gases did
Fluoride entered rivers killing crops fish and livestock
How much c02
0.15 million tonnes but reduced die lack of planes
How many people in total stranded
7 million
How did they prepare
Automated messages to warn
When
14th to 21st April 2010
