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Table 2 Results of chemical analysis of rain gauge samples from Scotland

From: UK monitoring and deposition of tephra from the May 2011 eruption of Grímsvötn, Iceland

Location

Lon. (E)

Lat. (N)

Sample period end

Fe (m g l-1)

Mn (m g l-1)

Cl (m g l-1)

Al (m g l-1)

Thurso

-3.55

58.60

24/05 - 08:00 hrs

2.51

0.0456

1.77

Stornoway

-6.31

58.20

24/05 - 15:00 hrs

1.86

0.0846

Elgin

-3.29

57.64

24/05 - 15:00 hrs

5.78

0.0359

8.20

5.59

Dingwall

-4.44

57.61

25/05 - 12:00 hrs

3.85

0.0730

15.10

2.63

Dingwall

-4.44

57.61

27/05 - 15:00 hrs

3.60

0.2430

4.85

2.64

Orkney

-2.97

58.99

26/05 - 15:00 hrs

1.96

0.0772

3.82

1.35

Shetland

-1.32

59.93

25/05 - 08:00 hrs

6.20

0.1170

4.24

  1. The table records locations where anomalously high iron concentrations were observed (Fe > 1 m g l-1). See SEPA (2011) for full results. No data available for samples marked —.