Glue

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Cut out hole

Eurasian Plate

Road

Divergent boundary

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Coastline

Atlantic Ocean

North AmericanPlate

Ash plume made of

(or Jökulhlaup)from melted ice

ash plume caused by the interaction of lava and ice

(not to scale) * pronounced Aya-feeyalla-yurkul

1. Cut around the 3 parts of the model — you may need to get an adult to help you A. Ash plume B. Base C. Summit and crater 2. Ash plume: fold and glue the two halves together 3. Base: cut out the hole in the middle of the base 4. Base: fold along the thick black lines and glue tabs to make-up the model like a box lid. Allow to dry. 5. Summit and crater: fold as shown in the images on page 2. Half the ‘cone’ points downwards.6. Glue the summit and crater to the base as shown in the image on page 2. 7. Glue the ash plume to the summit and crater

Eyja�allajökull * Volcano Model

What you will need:

B.Base© BGS, NERC 2012

cut out the patternfold along the straight linesglue tabs as indicated

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MAGMA HOT SPOT

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Fold along centre and glue halves together

(not to scale)* pronounced Aya-feeyalla-yurkul

Folding the summit & craterSummit & crater assembled

The �nished model

A. Ash plume

C. Summit and craterEyja�allajökull * Volcano Model

Making the base and ash plume

© BGS, NERC 2012