Understanding the environmental impacts of large fissure eruptions: Aerosol and gas emissions from the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption (Iceland)

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Ilyinskaya, Evgenia, Schmidt, Anja, Mather, Tamsin A., Pope, Francis D., Witham, Claire, Baxter, Peter, Jóhannsson, Thorsteinn, Pfeffer, Melissa, Barsotti, Sara, Singh, Ajit, Sanderson, Paul, Bergsson, Baldur, McCormick Kilbride, Brendan, Donovan, Amy, Peters, Nial, Oppenheimer, Clive, Edmonds, Marie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: volcanic plume; volcanic emissions; volcanic eruption; air quality; environment; Iceland; Holuhraun; Reykjahlíð; Reykjavík
• Online Access: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/understanding-the-environmental-impacts-of-large-fissure-eruptions-aerosol-and-gas-emissions-from-the-20142015-holuhraun-eruption-iceland(dec95c4e-718f-4ef3-9f9d-d54527358caf).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.025; https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/files/73572910/Understanding_the_environmental_impacts_IIYINSKAYA_Publishedonline9June2017_GOLD_VoR_CC_BY_.pdf

The 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption in Iceland, emitted ∼11 Tg of SO2 into the troposphere over 6 months, and caused one of the most intense and widespread volcanogenic air pollution events in centuries. This study provides a number of source terms for characterisation of plumes in large fissure erupti...