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Volcanic Ash from the Hekla Eruption of 1947
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
Abstract
Description of ash which fell on a trawler, fishing off Iceland, during the first hours of the 1947 Hekla eruption. Discussion of the probable track of the ash from the volcano to the ship and the factors affecting sorting involving upper wind velocities, terminal velocities of the various sizes of pumice and mineral fragments which constitute the ash, and weather conditions.
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