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Eyjafjallajökull - 2010 - Coggle Diagram
Eyjafjallajökull - 2010
Effects
secondary
washing away part of route 1 (icelands permeter road)
2.8 million tonnes less carbon dioxide released due to less air traffic
ash
spread over europe by jet stream
Air space closed for 6 days - longest time since WW2
100,000+ flights cancelled
10 million people left stranded
airlines lost US$1.7bn of revenue
Primary
200m of glacial ice melted forming a jökulhlaups (glacial burst)
water this generated quenches material ejected by the volcano forming fine grained ash a mixture of rock and glass
Ash rose 8.5km
1/3 km3 of tephra was ejected
small lava flows
Eruption was VEI 4
categorised as a strombolian eruption
Responses
800 people evacuated
animals moved with fodder brought for them to eat so they dont eat ash of the ground
monitering ash plume, predictions can be made