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August 31, 2008
Category: Volcano research
I am back from my trek through the Oregon and California Cascades - including stops at Lassen Peak/Chaos Crags, Hood, Three Sisters and Crater Lake (an added bonus). I'll try to catch up on the volcano news I've missed...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 2:23 AM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
August 19, 2008
Category: Volcano research
I will be away from Eruptions for the next 2 weeks or so. I won't be on vacation, I will actually be out on volcanoes themselves doing some much-needed fieldwork. It is a three volcano tour, starting with a trip...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 11:40 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 18, 2008
Category: Kasatochi
Sorry about the lack of update. Having no internet while moving will do that! I did see an email this morning that had some interesting information about the amount of sulfur dioxide emitted by Kasatochi (Alaska) during the current...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:47 PM • 0 Comments • 3 TrackBacks
August 14, 2008
Category: Kasatochi
This article sums up a lot of the events that led up to the Kasatochi (Alaska) eruption last week from the point of view of the biologists on the island itself right before it erupted. There are some great...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:55 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Volcano monitoring
I'll be brief (as I'm in the middle of moving), but I did see a report that activity at Chaiten is increasing yet again. This seems like the operating mode for this volcano, with a waxing and waning of...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:11 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 13, 2008
Category: Kasatochi
NASA posted a nice image of the ash plume from the current eruption at Kasatochi (Alaska) showing the brown/grey ash mixing with white clouds over the Pacific. Not much else to report on the eruption other than that AVO reported...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 4:11 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 11, 2008
Category: Mayon
We had a brief bit over the weekend that Mayon in the Philippines had a number of small explosive events (less the one minute worth of activity). However, Philvolcs (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) is downplaying the idea that...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 2:31 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Kilauea
Not to feel left out from all the action going on in Alaska, Kilauea in Hawai'i has a new lava flow issuing from the Thankgiving Eve Breakout (TEB) vent area. It sounds like a fairly small flow and none of...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 2:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Volcano monitoring
The current eruption at Kasatochi is causing a lot of flight cancellations for flights from Alaska to points in the continental US. The ash is swirling its way around the Aleutians along flight lanes (see above), with the ash...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 2:19 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 10, 2008
Category: Mayon
Mayon, a volcano in the Philippines, is on watch for an eruption after experiencing small explosions. Philvolcs, (short for the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology), reports a small ash emission - ~200 feet - but they feel that there...
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 1:26 PM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
