Potential ash impact from Antarctic volcanoes: Insights from Deception Island’s most recent eruption

• Main Authors: Geyer, A., Marti, Alejandro, Giralt, S., Folch, Arnau
• Other Authors: Barcelona Supercomputing Center
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies; Volcanic activity prediction; Explosive volcanic eruptions; Antarctica; Activitat volcànica > Previsió; Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Terranova
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/114152

Ash emitted during explosive volcanic eruptions may disperse over vast areas of the globe posing a threat to human health and infrastructures and causing significant disruption to air traffic. In Antarctica, at least five volcanoes have reported historic activity. However, no attention has been paid...