EFECTE INSECURITARE ALE ERUPȚIEI VULCANULUI EYJALJÖLL DIN ISLANDA
THE INSECURITY EFFECTS OF THE VULCAN EYJALJÖLL ERUPTION`S FROM ISLAND

Summary/Abstract: Iceland is an isle located in the North Atlantic Ocean on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. In addition to this, this part of the mid-ocean ridge is located atop a mantle plume causing Iceland to be subaerial. Iceland marks the boundary between both the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate since it has been created by rifting, and accretion through volcanism, along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge—where the two plates meet. It is one of the most active regions from the world from the seismic point of view. It has over 200 volcano and 600 hot water sources. This reality has extremely complicated and complex implications. It encompasses both a threat and a component of a special modus vivendi, with its dangers, risks and advantages. Of course, Iceland takes advantages from this situation and uses the geophysical energy from this crevice. This geophysical energy produces electricity, hot water and helps an adequate heating system. In other words, this situation helps Iceland to realize, with low costs, its energetic security. The recent eruption of the Eyjaljöll (or Eyafjalla) volcano – located nearby the Eyjafjallajökull glacier – changed radically the situation and worries the volcanists.

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