Volcanoes CASE STUDY MEDC: Iceland
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- Volcanoes CASE STUDY MEDC: Iceland
- FACTS
- Located on the North American plate and the Eurasian Plate
- Although on a constructive plate boundary, it is considered a composite volcano
- Typical features of a composite volcano includes
- steep sides and narrow base due to thick lava building up in layers
- infrequent yet powerful eruptions of thick lava
- produces ash clouds
- formed on destructive plate boundaries
- Typical features of a composite volcano includes
- Last erupted in 2010 starting on the 20th March
- The main eruption occurred on the 19th April 2010
- PRIMARY EFFECTS
- Flooding, the river near the volcano was 100 times wider
- No electricity or hot water
- 20 farms were destroyed
- difficulty breathing for locals
- thick ash clouds
- millions of people stranded
- 17,000 flights a day cancelled
- SECONDARY EFFECTS
- areas of farmland covered in ash or washed away
- farmers don't have to use fertiliser, they use ash instead, increasing yield
- loss of some products for supermarkets
- 6 days, no flights altogether 95000 flights cancelled
- flight companies lost $200,000,000 a day
- areas of farmland covered in ash or washed away
- LONG TERM RESPONSES
- The ash was dug up from of the rivers to make the rivers deeper
- high tech equipment is now used to measure volcanic activity
- Warning systems are put in place
- a text message system where it warns people within 30 mins of the volcano if there will be an eruption
- SHORT TERM RESPONSES
- Rescue teams and people living near volcano used last minute defences
- the road was cut away before it got washed away
- police and rescue teams helped people to evacuate their homes
- FACTS
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