Volcano Case Studies
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- Volcanic Case Studies
- Santorini 1600 BC
- minoan people
- tsunami hit crete
- Laki, Iceland 1783
- poisonous gas eruption
- killed 10,ooo
- death of livestock + plants
- Tambora, Indonesia 1816
- global impact
- 1817 year without summer
- super collsial
- Mt. Pelee, Martinique 1902
- most deadly 20th century
- nueesardent
- Krakatoa, Indonesia 1883
- volcano caused tsunami
- tsunami = main killer
- Haimaey, Iceland 1973
- sea water cooled lava flow
- people evacuated to mainland
- Mt. St. Helens, USA 1980
- lateral blast
- ecology destroyed
- errupted on a sunday - death toll reduced
- Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia 1985
- lahars
- 23,000 died
- Lake Nyos, Cameroon 1986
- CO2 escaped high conc.
- 1,500 died
- landslide released gas
- Mt. Pinatubo Philippines 1991
- roof collapse heavy ash
- global impact
- changed average global temp -0.5C
- Montserrat, Carribbean 1995-97
- mass evacuation
- well predicted
- Grimvotn, Iceland 1996
- glacial burst
- Eyjafallajokull, Iceland 2010
- ash cloud
- airports closed gloabl impact
- Mount Merapi, Indonesia 2010
- highly populated - fertile land
- Sakurajima
- well monitored
- lots of modern tech
- Santorini 1600 BC
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