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Mind Map by Matthew Jones, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Matthew Jones
about 11 years ago
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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
- Magma rose to the
top causing the
volcano to erupt
- The plates were on
a constructive plate
boundary.
- The volcano is on
the boundary of
the Eurasion and
North American
plate
- 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
- Glacier on top of volcano melted
causing a huge ash cloud to cover
most of the world
- Secondary Effects
- Flights delayed -
£130 million lost in
the airline industry
- Flash Floods
- Hundreds of thousands of
tourists stranded in foreign
countries
- Flights delayed -
£130 million lost in
the airline industry
- 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.
- 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.
- 20% of the Kenyan economy is based on the
export of green vegetables (beans,
sugar-snap peas and okra) and cut flowers to
Europe
- Kenya
- Responses
- Short Term
- 700 people evacuated
- 500 farms evacuated
- Flights grounded
- 700 people evacuated
- Long Term
- Residents now get
30 minute warnings
- Monitering of neighbouring volcanoes
- Residents now get
30 minute warnings
- Short Term
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