Eyjafjallajökull is a mountain in Iceland that consists of a volcano covered by an ice-cap or glacier. It was much in the international news in April and May 2010 because it underwent a large eruption that disrupted air travel over the north Atlantic and much of Europe.
Eyjafjallajökull is not a continent.
Eyjafjallajökull is not on any continent, it is on a mid-ocean ridge.
And what was the type magma from the eyjafjell volcano? It was BASALTIC and baslatic magma is a LOW viscosity, which means when erupted the lava flows easily on very gentle slopes.
The rock that is formed is an igneous rock. It's formed when the magma aka lava cools down it turns into a rock which is an igneous rock.
it grounded plane flights :) And the glacier melted causing massive flooding and ash fell and the cloud so thick that the people had the same amount of vision as they would midnight :L It killed many animals and the water mixed with the ash 0on its way down causing mudslides which were dificult to walk through once ettled
The eruptions would normally be passive in nature, however when the magma mixes with the glaciers present on the volcano it gets more explosive. The volcano is of the same style as Hawaiian volcanoes, however, with the presence of ice the eruptions tend to produce large amounts of steam and ash that can cause explosive outbursts.
A large amount of iron had been released into the sea causing a bloom in plankton which is the base of many food webs in the ocean and also on the average day planes altogether release 350,000 metric tonnes of C02 into the atmosphere where as this volcano only released 150,000 metric tonnes into the atmosphere and with the ban on planes in that period 200,000 metric tonnes less was released into the atmosphere and with the fact that it didn't go above 30,000 feet it benefited the plants as they could respire more 03 (oxygen).
a divergent boundry hot spot the north part of the atlantic plate and between the eurasian plate
The case in question: eyjafjallajokull is a glacier. It is on a volcano, which is a shield volcano. A shield volcano has gentle sides. This defines a shield volcano. I hope this answers your question.