in Iceland and the second
largest in Europe after the Vesuvius
79 AD. Question: What are the possible hazards related to an eruption
in Öræfajökull?Answer: Tephrafallout, ash
cloud, lightning, pyroclastic flows, jökulhlaup /glacial outburst floods,
ballistics, lava flows, gas pollution. They will occur over different time frames,
with probably the flood to be the first sub-aerial evidence
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