Volcanic Gas and Aerosol Hazards from a Future Laki-Type Eruption in Iceland

Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 377-397

  Schmidt, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood lava eruption; Health hazards; Laki eruption; Volcanic aerosol hazards; Volcanic air pollution; Volcanic gas hazards

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GAS HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANOES; AIR POLLUTION; HAZARDS; SULFUR;

AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; LAKI ERUPTION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS; VOLCANOLOGICAL DATA;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

EID: 84987984638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396453-3.00015-0     Document Type: Chapter

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