How do you know where volcanic ash will end up? (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

How do you know where volcanic ash will end up?

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Volcanic plume associated with the April-May 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano (Iceland) and Scanning Electron Microscope image of a typical ash cluster made of micrometric volcanic particles collected on an adhesive paper during fallout.

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© UNIGE, Costanza Bonadonna

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