One of the most evident volcanic manifestation are eruptions. There are different types, which depend mainly on the type of magma produced by the volcano. Over the times one same volcano can produce widely different magma/lava types. We will try to give some insight on magma formation and type of lavas. We will try…
A couple of weeks ago I started a series about which volcanoes I think are most likely to erupt in Iceland. The most likely of them is Hekla right now, but as time goes by that will sooner or later be Grimsvötn. Grimsvötn is the most frequently erupting volcano in Iceland however you count it.…
There are occasions when you as an expert in the field write something short and to the point and you expect everyone else to be able to follow you. As you find out that people well and truly did not follow you it is very important to remember that it was you as an expert…
The volcanic eruptions of Mount St Helens in 1980 and Nevado del Ruiz in 1985 made the general public aware of the dangers of co-existing with a large and potentially lethal volcano. It doesn’t take much imagination to see the possibilities of a lateral St Helens-type blast on a population of a great city as…
How to kill a weekend. As some of you have observed, last week I asked for anyone running across a caldera size and eruption volume to give me a quick shout here on the forums. Ostensibly, I was going to compile a spreadsheet in order to look at Hagstrum’s hotspot list compared to large caldera…
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