Eyjaflallajokull
- Created by: Gabzbakz
- Created on: 17-12-19 09:42
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- Volcanoes
- Eyja 2010
- On Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Eurasian & North American plate
- Conservative margin
- As the plates move, new material is created
- Located on Hotspot
- Factors affecting severity
- More airplane travel are vulnerable to ash clouds
- Iceland is below the flowing Polar Jet stream
- NW wind
- The Max VEI was 4, punching ash into the Polar Jet stream
- Viscous lava was very explosive
- Magma melted the ice caps.
- Jokulhlaup
- Water travelled into the crater, creating more explosivity
- Fine ash caused long distance ash travel
- Effects
- Local effects
- Respiratory effects caused by ash
- More airplane travel are vulnerable to ash clouds
- Volcano deposited flouride, causing haemorraging in livestock
- Effecting local trade loss
- Fresh fish exports were cancelled.
- Trade deficit
- Local flooding
- Road was destroyed
- Trade and movement, people cannot travel to work.
- Road was destroyed
- Respiratory effects caused by ash
- Global effects
- The European Flight industry lost $1.2bn
- Trade and movement prevented
- The Naval industry gained demand as flights were stopped
- Europe loses $2.6bn GDP
- 2.8mn tonnes less of CO2 emmitted
- Environment +
- The European Flight industry lost $1.2bn
- Specific Case Study Effect
- Major Telecoms company EIDQ had a conference cancelled
- Delegates and Speakers would have been stuck
- Food Supplies would have been wasted
- More farming
- More Methane production
- Global Warming Impact
- More Methane production
- More farming
- Major Telecoms company EIDQ had a conference cancelled
- Local effects
- On Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Eyja 2010
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