Volcanic ash clouds affecting northern europe: The long view

• Published in: Geology Today
• Main Authors: Swindles, Graeme T., Savov, Ivan P., Connor, Charles B., Carrivick, Jonathan, Watson, Elizabeth, Lawson, Ian T.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1907; name=Geology; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1904; name=Earth-Surface Processes; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1913; name=Stratigraphy; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1911; name=Palaeontology; Laki; Askja; Eyjafjallajökull; Hekla
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/23f9c034-9199-4b42-a426-5c61a23e821d; https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12026

The volcanic ash or 'tephra' cloud resulting from the relatively small (volume and VEI) eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 caused major air travel disruption, at substantial global economic cost. On several occasions in the past few centuries, Icelandic eruptions ha...