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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 —.