Insights into the dynamics and evolution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull summit eruption (Iceland) provided by volcanic ash textures

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: R. Cioni, M. Pistolesi, A. Bertagnini, C. Bonadonna, A. Hoskuldsson, B. Scateni
• Other Authors: Cioni, R., Pistolesi, M., Bertagnini, A., Bonadonna, C., Hoskuldsson, A., Scateni, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: explosive volcanism; Eyjafjallajökull; Eyjafjallajokull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/903123; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.051

Recent observations all around the world have shown a large range of explosive activity dominated by prolonged, low- to mid-intensity emission of ash, and characterized by a large variability of magma composition and style of magma degassing, fragmentation and ash dispersal. The April-May 2010 erupt...