(meteorobs) Off topic - volcanic ash.

[Ken]

Ed,  I'll bet the ash fall in Europe is very light, not the quantities that we saw from MSH. MSH and the other Pacific rim volcanoes are of Andesite (as in Andes Mts),  The Iceland volcano is basaltic, mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB).  I'd expect it to be accordingly darker. Your source may be Iceland or off the deck of a ship.  And interesting question though.  I have a few scoops of MSH and some Toutle River water myself!  Cheers, Ken, Oregon 

--- On Sat, 4/24/10, Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca> wrote:


Hi:
    Has anyone got any volcanic ash or ejecta from the Iceland volcano  
that they could send me?  I would like to compare it to some Mt. St.  
Helen's ash that I have.
Thanks:
Ed Majden
1491 Burgess Rd.
Courtenay, B.C. Canada.
V9N 5R8

epmajden at shaw.ca

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