Eyjafjallajokul

• when was the eruption

  2010
• what is a mega disaster

  A high magnitude, high impact, infrequent disaster that affects several countries directly or indirectly
• what plate boundary is this volcano on

  conservative
• name some physical features of the volcano

  • covered by glacier
  • basaltic lava
• what is a secondary effect of glacial covered volcanos

  jokulhlaups
• What is a jokulhlaup?

  glacial outburst flood
• what was the main primary hazard of this eruption

  tephra - ash cloud reached 10km high into the stratosphere
• how high was the ash cloud - 10km
• what is tephra


  rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.
• why can this be classed as a mega disaster

  because international impacts
• what was the largest economic impact

  • Airlines lost over $100 million per day as 100000 flights were cancelled
  • impacted places as far as Kenya due to lack of exports to Europe- rely on agriculture (loss of 1.3 million a day)
• what were some secondary impacts

  -water contaminated with fluoride