UK monitoring and deposition of tephra from the May 2011 eruption of Grímsvötn, Iceland

Journal of Applied Volcanology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stevenson, John Alexander ^a   Loughlin, Susan C ^b   Font, Anna ^c   Fuller, Gary W ^c   MacLeod, Alison ^d   Oliver, Ian W ^e,f   Jackson, Ben ^e   Horwell, Claire J ^g   Thordarson, Thor ^a,i   Dawson, Ian ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Citizen science; PM10; PM2.5; Tephrochronology; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; EXPLOSIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ABERDEEN; ICELAND; MIDLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962044936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21915040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-5040-2-3     Document Type: Article

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