Posted on 04/27/2010 5:28:36 PM PDT by Rebelbase
PUN Alert!
I think I'd rather be stuck bywith the volcano.
HEY! I can see Yellowstone out my back door! OMG! I'm gonna DIE!!
SAVE ME LITTLE KATLA!!!
What about Krakatoa?
Will Krakatoa rock the world again? Last time, it killed thousands and changed the weather for five years, now it could be even deadlier...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1203028/Will-Krakatoa-rock-world-Last-time-killed-thousands-changed-weather-years-deadlier.html
I hope she doesn’t get a lawyer and ve-SUE-vi-US...
Katla really is a potentially serious unavoidable problem in the near future. It had followed eyjafjallajokull in all 3 of eyjafjallajokull’s eruptions in recorded history. Some of its eruptions have put an awful lot of stuff in the atmosphere. Anything that decrease crop yields worldwide is ‘bad, (as in catastrophism-level bad)’ not to mention the more immediate impact on the european economy.
The closer the volcano to the equator, the more significant the impact on the planet.
The upper level winds will spread the plume much further and wider than a volcano nearer one of the poles like the one in Iceland.
Location counts for an awful lot.
Swaybacked, no less.
Awesome pics.
Looks more like Mt. Doom, however.
By how much did it follow?
from what I have been able to gather (and this is by what calendar dates I have been able to find on the 3 historic eruptions), a couple of years max maybe. Perhaps someone has more detailed info, I am interested as well.
What references I have been able to find imply that once eyjafjallajokull quits erupting, katla would then go.
Kind of like a relief valve.
Volcanoes of Iceland:
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/en/iceland.html
Katla volcano
Volcano type | Subglacial shield volcano | |
Location | South Iceland, 63.63°N / 19.05°W | |
Summit elevation | 1512 m (4,961 ft) | |
Last eruptions |
920 AD, 950 AD (?), 1150, 1177, 1245, 1262, 1311, 1357, 1416, 1440, 1450, 1500, 1580, 1612, 1625, 1660-61, 1721, 1755-56, 1823, 1860, 1918, 1955(?), 1999(?), 1918
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Typical eruption style |
explosive basaltic and dacitic eruptions, voluminous lava flows.
____________________________________________ Eyjafjöll volcano
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Volcano type | Stratovolcano | |
Location | South Iceland, 63.63°N / 19.62°W | |
Summit elevation | 1666 m (5,466 ft) | |
Last eruptions | 1821-23, 20 March 2010 - ongoing | |
Typical eruption style | effusive (Hawaiian-style lava fountains and lava flows), mildly explosive due to ice-water-lava interaction. |
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World Distribution of Mid-Oceanic Ridges; USGS
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland
The ridge was central in the
breakup of Pangaea that began
some 180 million years ago.
SOURCE: Mid-Atlantic Ridge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge
FWIW, we were in Pompii on the flanks of Mt. Vesuvius yesterday.
Beautiful but our knowledge made it menacing. Fantastic trip.
Is this your human sacrifice to appease the volcano gods?
Thanks for the pings. Pretty interesting stuff.
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