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Volcano Case Study
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Geography (Restless Earth) Mind Map on Volcano Case Study, created by Matthew Jones on 02/09/2013.
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Volcano Case Study
Eyjafjallajokull
Causes
The volcano is on the boundary of the Eurasion and North American plate
The plates were on a constructive plate boundary.
Magma rose to the top causing the volcano to erupt
Primary Effects
Glacier on top of volcano melted causing a huge ash cloud to cover most of the world
500 farmers evacuated away from the volcano
Earthquakes
Secondary Effects
Flights delayed - £130 million lost in the airline industry
Flash Floods
Hundreds of thousands of tourists stranded in foreign countries
Global Effects
Kenya
20% of the Kenyan economy is based on the export of green vegetables (beans, sugar-snap peas and okra) and cut flowers to Europe
These are perishable goods and they are transported by plane to keep them fresh.
No flights into Europe meant products returned unsold and destroyed.
The ash cloud has cost the Kenyan economy millions of pounds during the flight ban.
Responses
Short Term
700 people evacuated
500 farms evacuated
Flights grounded
Long Term
Residents now get 30 minute warnings
Monitering of neighbouring volcanoes
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