First let me write one thing, and that is that we are not in Kansas anymore. And with that I mean that we are in totally uncharted country. Icelandic Met Office has the best volcanologists on the planet, and they pretty much never make a mistake. They are quite simply the best and their reputation…
I thought that I should write a short recapitulation on what has been going on during the summer in Iceland for those who have been otherwise occupied with gardening, beach visits and other general summer activities. I also think that it would be good with a general recapitulation for everyone. As always I am not…
Part 1 in the series can be found here: https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/earthquakes-or-wavy-gravy/ In the first installment I told a blatant lie, I thought someone would catch me, but alas not. The lie was put in on purpose so that I would have a point to start today’s wavy post with. In short, in the last installment I…
Mount Spurr lies some 80 nm (150 km) due west from Anchorage. It is a stratovolcano that is visible on most days across Cook Inlet and lies on the Alaska Range. The mountain is 9,800’ (3,000 m) high and is topped with a 3 by 4 nm (5 by 6 km) caldera. The active vent…
Situated on the Cascade plateau, the region known as the Tumalo Volcanic Center was active in the Pleistocene epoch with explosive eruptions between 700,000 and 170,000 years ago that left extensive pyroclastic deposits on which basaltic and basaltic andesitic lava flows formed a great number of shields. One of these eruptions resulted in tephra deposits as…
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