USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington

Volcanic Eruptions,
Blasts, Plumes, Ballistics, etc.

Background and Information
- DESCRIPTION: Volcanic Eruptions, Blasts, Plumes, Ballistics, etc.
  Ballistics ... Blasts ... Channelized Blast Zone ... Directed Blasts ... Directed Blast Zone ... Eruption Clouds ... Eruption Columns ... Eruption Plumes ... "Hawaiian" Eruptions ... Lateral Blasts ... "Pelean" Eruptions ... Plinian Eruptions ... "Phreatic" Eruptions ... Phreatic Plumes ... Seared Zone ... Steam and Ash Plumes ... Steam Blasts ... Steam Plumes ... "Strombolian" Eruptions ... "Vesuvian" Eruptions ... Volcanic Blasts ... "Vulcanian" Eruptions ...
Items of Interest
- Ash and Tephra - Menu -- general information about ash and tephra
- Can Rain Cause Volcanic Eruptions? -- Mastin, 1993, USGS Open-File Report 93-445
- Crater Lake, Oregon - Menu -- creation of Crater Lake, 7,000 years ago
- Hazards: Volcanic Blasts -- Excerpt from: Hoblitt, et.al., 1987, USGS Open File 87-297
- Krakatau, Indonesia - Menu -- 1883, "classic example of caldera formation"
- Mount St. Helens, Washington - May 18, 1980 Menu -- May 18, 1980, Lateral Blast
- Mount St. Helens area showing May 18, 1980 devastation - Graphic -- [Graphic,44K,InlineGIF] -- Modified from: Tilling, et.al., 1990
- Mount St. Helens May 18, 1980 Eruption Sequence - Pictogram -- ["Pictogram",100K,InlineGIF]
- CVO Photo Archives - Blasts and Plumes
- Publications and Reports - CVO Online
- Seismic Identification of Gas-and-Ash Explosions at Mount St. Helens -- Capabilities, Limitations, and Regional Application -- Jonientz-Trisler, Myers, and Power, 1994, IN: USGS Bulletin 2047
- A Simple Calculator of Ballistic Trajectories for Blocks Ejected during Volcanic Eruptions -- Mastin, L.G., 2001, USGS Open-File Report 01-45, 16p
- Small Explosions Interrupt 3-year Quiescence at Mount St. Helens, Washington, -- Myers, 1992, IN: Earthquakes & Volcanoes, v.23, n.2, p.58-73
- St. Helens (Mount St. Helens), Washington - May 18, 1980 Menu -- May 18, 1980, Lateral Blast
- Thermodynamics of gas and steam-blast eruptions -- Mastin, 1995, Bulletin of Volcanology 57(2): 85-98
- Volcanic Eruptions, Blasts, Plumes, Ballistics, etc. - Description
- Volcanic Eruptions and Activity - Menu -- menu of historical eruptions
- Volcanic Gas and Emissions - Menu -- general information about volcanic gases
- Volcano Hazards Factsheet: Hazardous Phenomena at Volcanoes -- section on Eruption Columns and Clouds -- Myers and Brantley, 1995, USGS Open-File Report 95-231

Other Menus of Interest

Ash and Tephra Menu -- CVO Menu
Volcanic Gas and Emissions Menu -- CVO Menu
Volcano and Hydrologic Hazards Menu -- CVO Menu

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02/25/02, Lyn Topinka

Volcanic Eruptions, Blasts, Plumes, Ballistics, etc.

Volcanic Eruptions,
Blasts, Plumes, Ballistics, etc.