Iceland and Chile Volcanic Eruptions
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- Created on: 27-05-16 13:54
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- Icelandic Volcanic Eruption (Eyjafjoll) and Chile's Volcanic Eruption (Chaiten)
- Background
- Eyjafjoll is located in Iceland along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- Occurred on a constructive plate margin where the Eruasian plate and the North American plate are moving away from each other.
- Began to erupt on 20th March the main eruption was on 19th April 2010
- Chaiten volcano is found on a destructive plate margin where the Nazca plate was sub ducted under the South American Plate
- First time the volcano erupted in 9,400 years.
- Happened in 2008
- First time the volcano erupted in 9,400 years.
- Occurred on a constructive plate margin where the Eruasian plate and the North American plate are moving away from each other.
- Eyjafjoll is located in Iceland along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- Economic Impacts
- Iceland
- Six flightless days in total with 17,000 flights cancelled per day.
- London had a loss of £102 million which then had a knock on affect on businesses.
- Iceland
- Six flightless days in total with 17,000 flights cancelled per day.
- London had a loss of £102 million which then had a knock on affect on businesses.
- London had a loss of £102 million which then had a knock on affect on businesses.
- This then led to a loss of $2 billion!
- Tourism shares fell by 4%
- Oil company's also lost out as oil was not needed for fuel. There were 1.87 million barrels of fuel that were not needed.
- Six flightless days in total with 17,000 flights cancelled per day.
- Iceland
- London had a loss of £102 million which then had a knock on affect on businesses.
- This then led to a loss of $2 billion!
- Tourism shares fell by 4%
- Oil company's also lost out as oil was not needed for fuel. There were 1.87 million barrels of fuel that were not needed.
- Six flightless days in total with 17,000 flights cancelled per day.
- Chile
- Flights were diverted.
- There were dozens of international flights cancelled and hundreds of domestic flights cancelled.
- 80-90% of the town was destroyed with 20-30% being completely damaged.
- Flights were diverted.
- 20 farms destroyed by flooding
- Iceland
- Social Impacts
- Iceland
- 700 people had to be evacuated.
- Hundreds of thousands were stranded in countries
- No deaths
- Chile
- 1 death that was related to stress.
- Both countries had very low death rates!
- No deaths
- Both countries had very low death rates!
- Schools had to be closed which would mean that children lost out on education.
- 1 death that was related to stress.
- Iceland
- Environmental Impacts
- Iceland
- 150km Icecap melted which will have contributed to major local flooding.
- 11km ash plume rose in the air which was the reason for the flights to be disrupted.
- Large lava flows dominated the west side of the volcano.
- Fine anticyclonic weather over Britain made the impacts worse for the UK.
- Chile
- Volcanic ash cloud that rose 17km in the air
- Larger than the Icelandic volcano - why less impact?
- 11km ash plume rose in the air which was the reason for the flights to be disrupted.
- Larger than the Icelandic volcano - why less impact?
- Pyroclastic flows dominated
- Rivers were blocked
- Volcanic ash cloud that rose 17km in the air
- Iceland
- Responses
- Long term
- Iceland
- Further research is now carried out on the volcano.
- Chile
- Volcanic Disaster Assistance Programme now monitor the volcano
- Iceland
- Short Term
- Iceland
- The evacuation of 700 people
- Roads were bulldozed for flash floods
- Emergency services were prepared
- Chile
- 4000 people were evacuated.
- Iceland
- Long term
- Background
- Flights were disrupted in both countries and areas that then had global effects.
- However there was a bigger global impact from Eyjafjoll's eruption.
- Flights were diverted.
- There were dozens of international flights cancelled and hundreds of domestic flights cancelled.
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