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Eyjafjallajökull volcano causes widespread disruption to European air traffic
Author(s) -
Gertisser Ralf
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2010.00757.x
Subject(s) - volcano , lava , geology , seismology , earth science
It started with the usual fire fountains and lava flows that are typical of Iceland's basaltic fissure eruptions, quickly turned into one of the country's major tourist attractions, and when they thought it was all over, the first eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 200 years suddenly brought Europe's air traffic to a halt.