AQA Geography - Eyjafjallajokull case study

CASE STUDY: EYJAFJALLAJOKULL ERUPTION, ICELAND. 

Location:

• The volcano is on the island of Iceland, which is part of Europe and situated immediately South of the Artic circle. 
• Located on the North American plate (moving west)
  
• Move apart between 2-5cm per year.
• The famous mid atlantic ridge runs through the island. 
• South east to Reykjavik (Iceland's capital)

Facts:

• 15th April, 2010.
• The caldera at the top of the volcano was 2.5km wide.
• The volcano is nearly 2,000m tall.
• The volcano is sub-glacial.
• Began to erupt on the 20th March, though main eruption was the 19th April.
• It was a fissure eruption, lava flow more dominant in the west.
• An ash plume, 11,000m into the air resulted from eruption.
• Ash was distributed by high velocity jet streams above Iceland.

Causes:

• Iceland is located on…