ICELAND 2010 Flashcards
1
Q
Location
A
- Europe
- Mid - Atlantic Ridge
2
Q
Plate tectonics
A
- Divergent
- North American and Eurasian
3
Q
Type of eruption
A
- Effusive
- became explosive when came into contact with ice caps
4
Q
Air space
A
- shut down European Air Space
- lost $2bn by airlines
- eruption was therefor carbon neutral
5
Q
Response
A
- well co-ordinated
- no need for international aid
- all people evacuated
- common thing withi iceland
- no deaths
6
Q
Economic
A
- increased tourism as the wanted to help out with clean up
- visit site of eruption
7
Q
Hazards
A
- ash clouds covered agricultural land
- damaged roads and buildings
- various methods of monitoring which allowed then to prepare and modify the event if needed
