One of our geologists is optimistic about it not disrupting much this time:
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20:56 - Kristján Jónsson, a geologist with the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, has said that although he cannot confirm it, he expects the ash from this eruption will be coarser than that of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, meaning it may not effect the aviation industry as heavily. “The Eyjafjallajökull eruption was a mainly rhyolite eruption, with a mix of rhyolite and basalt,” Kristján told RÚV. “The ash from that kind of eruption can be very different from the kind of eruption that occurs when mainly basalt comes up from under the glacier. The ash that came from Eyjafjallajökull was much finer and lighter, like flour that hung in the air much longer and travelled further.”
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