GLY 1880 Topic 10
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Icelandic fissure eruptions often are characterized by lava fountaining:
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true
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Basaltic lava fountains occur both in Hawaii and Iceland
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true
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The Laki volcanic region lies almost directly over
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a mantle plume
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A falt-topped, volcanic summit formed from a subglacial eruption is called a
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moberg
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The winter following the eruption of Laki was unusally severe in Europe and North America
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true
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The volcanic eruptions at Laki were
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all of these
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More fissure eruptions occur in this region than any other region on earth
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Iceland
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Melting ice in contact with magma makes for quiet non-explosive volcanic eruptions
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False
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the recent eruption of this Icelandic volcano caused the cancellation of thousands of tans-Atlantic and European airline flights
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Eyjafjallajokull
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Iceland is on what plate boundary?
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the mid-Atlantic ridge
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Most of Iceland's livestock died from what byproduct of the Laki eruptions?
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Skeletal fluorosis
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The great loss of human and animal lives in Iceland after the Laki eruption were causes by
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\"The Mist Hardship\"
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The year of the Laki eruption this famous American suggested a link between the volcanic eruption in Iceland and the unusual weather and atmospheric conditions experienced in Europe
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Ben Franklin
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Subglacial eruptions can melt massive amounts of ice causing flash floods called
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jokuhlaups
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Laki erupted during what year?
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1783
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Which country is the most active volcanic region in the world?
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Iceland
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The capital of Iceland is
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Reykjavik
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Until World War Two, Iceland was a territory of this European country
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Denmark
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The Laki eruption occurred in which country?
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Iceland
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The eruption of this volcano was the largest (in volume) basaltic eruption during historic time
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Laki
