The impacts of a Laki-like eruption on the present Swedish society

• Main Authors: Karin Mossberg Sonnek, Tomas Mårtensson, Ester Veibäck, Peter Tunved, Håkan Grahn, Pontus Schoenberg, Niklas Brännström, Anders Bucht
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11069-017-2933-0

Abstract In this study, we analyse and discuss the possible impacts on the Swedish society of a volcanic eruption on Iceland, emitting ash particles and large quantities of sulphur dioxide. A scenario was developed, based on the historical Laki eruption of 1783–1784, to describe the content of a pot...