Open AccessVolcano’s Toxic Plume Returns as Stealth Hazard
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo078265
Subject(s) - volcano , hazard , plume , seismology , geology , environmental science , meteorology , geography , chemistry , organic chemistry
During a closely watched eruption, plumes of harmful sulfur dioxide gas morphed into “plumerangs” of sulfuric-acid-rich aerosols that descended on populated parts of Iceland.