Cooling the Lava pre-discussion assignment

Due Friday, March 16

Due by e-mail before class on Friday, March 16

1. What is Heimaey's role in Iceland's economy?

2. Describe the logistics involved in cooling the lava. 

3. How much water was used cooling the lava?

4. What warnings, both scientific and superstitious, were there before the eruption?

5. In what ways did the attempts to cool the lava succeed?

6. In what ways did the attempts to cool the lava fail?

7. How were attempts to control lava flows in Sicily and on Hawaii different from the attempt on Heimaey?