Volcanic ash
by Derya Gürer, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Scanning electron microscope image of volcanic ash from the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland. The sample was collected in Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland and imaged under the CamScan 2300 MV at the Steinmann-Institute, University of Bonn. Bottom of the image is 300 μm wide. Both, fine and coarse particles (mostly volcanic glass, plagioclase and clinopyroxene) are present.
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- Atmospheric Sciences (874)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (944)
- Laboratory (107)
- Natural Hazards (508)
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- Europe (3778)
- Northern Europe (905)
- Iceland (287)
- Exact location (-19.0283 W, 63.4192 N)
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1361 × 1148 px;
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Tescan S.R.O. TS5130LM VG0190171B
Taken on 31
August
2011
Submitted on 1 March 2014
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
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Derya Gürer (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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