Tolbachik is a basaltic volcanic complex, located at the southern end of the Kliuchevskoi volcanic group in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The complex is made up of Ostry Tolbachik (3,682m); Plosky Tolbachik (3,085m) and the Tolbachik Lava Field. Ostry Tolbachik (3,682 m) is an extinct stratovolcano. Plosky Tolbachik is shield volcano with nested Holocene Hawaiian-type…
It has been a fairly hectic week in volcano land. No less than 3 volcanoes have been discussed during the week. Most of them are known to the readers of the blog, but I thought I should write a bit about them anyhow. Global Volcanism Program Tomorrow Monday the new GVP site premieres to the…
Etna has had its ‘paroxysm’ #many. Every eruption is spectacular, but when they are so frequent it gets easier to focus on what is different with every eruption. Bruce Stout and Newby noted that the activity lasted much longer than previously in this series of paroxysms. Why this is, is off course a mystery, but…
Our very own Granyia has set up several pages of webcams watching volcanoes. While we are waiting if something happens around Hekla, Icelands rifting and earthquake happening around Grimsey Island calmed down a little bit. I thought we could fill the time, helping Graniya finding some webcams. The possibility to watch active volcanoes from your…
Attention to active volcanoes tends to go down the longer they are active. The only time you hear something about Kilauea for example is when something like a lava lake drains, new lava fountains show up or when a piece of property is destroyed by the ever-present lava flows, which are in itself one of…
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