Distal deposition of tephra from the Eyjafjallajokull 2010 summit eruption

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Stevenson, J.A., Loughlin, S., Rae, C., Thordarson, T., Milodowski, A.E., Gilbert, J.S., Harangi, S., Lukacs, R., Hojgaard, B., Arting, U., Pyne-O'Donnell, S., MacLeod, A., Witney, B., Cassidy, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2012
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Faroe Islands; Norway; Bergen; Eyjafjallajokull; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19341/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19341/1/Stevenson_et_al._-_2012_-_Distal_deposition_of_tephra_from_the_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6k.pdf; http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2012/2011JB008904.shtml

The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull lasted 39 days and had 4 different phases, of which the first and third (14–18 April and 5–6 May) were most intense. Most of this period was dominated by winds with a northerly component that carried tephra toward Europe, where it was deposited in a number of locations and...