Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland eruption Flashcards
what income country
HIC
when did it occur
march-june 2010
what plate boundry
Eurasian and North American plates moving apart
phase 1
effusive eruption, fissure opened up and basaltic lava flowed from around 10 lava craters
phase 2
new fissure opened, meltwater from ice cap above volcano went into the volcano, rapidly cooling caused the bubbling magma to break off into fine, jagged ash particles
what was a primary hazard
-ash loaded plume rising 8km east
what was an impact on connections
-over 100,000 flights cancelled, Eurasian airspace closed for several days
Economic impacts
airline industry lost 130 million in a day, totalling estimated 1.7 billion
how many people evacuated
-800 people
what was a result of the ash fall
loss of grazing areas and contamination of water
how many died
0!
VEI scale
4
