Endless row of craters
by Anne Schöpa
The Laki crater row in southern Iceland opened during the eruptive period of 1783-1784 releasing poisonous gasses into the atmosphere that killed >50% of Iceland's livestock. The eruption caused a drop in global temperatures leading to crop failures and famine in Europe and droughts in India.
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- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (901)
- Geomorphology (1347)
- Natural Hazards (507)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (569)
Location
- Europe (3707)
- Northern Europe (869)
- Iceland (287)
- Exact location (-18.2380 W, 64.0700 N)
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Panasonic DMC-FT2
Taken on 19
August
2015
Submitted on 28 February 2017
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Anne Schöpa (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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