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October 30, 2009
Category: Huila
There are a lot of signs of an impending eruption at Nevado del Huila in Colombia and we are approaching the 24th anniversary of one of the worst volcano disasters of the 20th century.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 10:31 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Etna
To kick off the second Eruptions Question & Answer feature, Dr. Boris Behncke of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology takes your questions on the many volcanoes of Italy - send them in!
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 4:46 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2009
Category: Global Volcanism Program
The new volcano activity report from the Smithsonian/USGS has news of eruptions from Colombia, Russia, Mexico and Ecuador.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 9:21 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 28, 2009
Category: Kilauea
The Philippines might be headed towards another volcano-typhoon doubleheader, roads are no match for Kilauea and some new images of Chaiten and Shiveluch from NASA.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 8:40 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2009
Category: Chaiten
Dr. Jonathan Castro, coauthor of a recent Nature paper on the ascent of magma at Chaiten in Chile, fields questions from Eruptions readers.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 10:47 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2009
Category: Cascades
The "vast Cascade magma chamber" rears its head again, this time in Nature Geoscience. UPDATED.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 10:56 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 23, 2009
Category: GSA
Some notes from the GSA 2009 meeting, including the size of Toba, the latest on the history of South Sister, the explosive life of central Oregon scoria cones and the kimberlites of New York.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 8:48 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 22, 2009
Category: Cleveland
There are quite a number of volcanoes looking like they might be ready to erupt, from Vanuatu to Alaska.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 9:51 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 21, 2009
Category: Mystery Volcano Photo
Exhausted from a great GSA, its time for Mystery Volcano Photo #10.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 7:23 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 20, 2009
Category: Eruptions Blog
GSA, as always, was 1000% busier than planned.
Posted by Erik Klemetti at 8:17 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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