Widespread dispersal of Icelandic tephra: How does the Eyjafjöll eruption of 2010 compare to past Icelandic events?

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-611

  Davies, Siwan M ^a   Larsen, Gudrun ^b   Wastegård, Stefan ^c   Turney, Chris S M ^d   Hall, Valerie A ^e   Coyle, Lisa ^e   Thordarson, Thor ^f  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersal; Eyjafj ll AD 2010 eruption; Hekla 4; Vedde Ash; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NATURAL HAZARD; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; HEKLA; ICELAND;

EID: 78650261049     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1421     Document Type: Article

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