Akutan 1953
Start: 1953 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- Tephra plume [1]
Description: Powers (1958) reports an ash eruption at Akutan from 1948-1953. Other compilers state only an eruption or possible eruption at Akutan in 1953.
References Cited
[1] Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands, 1958
Powers, H. A., 1958, Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands: in Williams, H., (ed.), Landscapes of Alaska, Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, p. 61-75.Complete Eruption References
Age, character, and significance of Aleutian arc volcanism, 1994
Fournelle, J. H., Marsh, B. D., and Myers, J. D., 1994, Age, character, and significance of Aleutian arc volcanism: in Plafker, George and Berg, H. C., (eds.), The Geology of Alaska, Geological Society of America The Geology of North America Series v. G-1, p. 723-758.
Quick reference to Alaska's active volcanoes and listing of historical eruptions, 1760-1994, 1995
McGimsey, R. G., and Miller, T. P., 1995, Quick reference to Alaska's active volcanoes and listing of historical eruptions, 1760-1994: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-0520, 13 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska, 1998
Miller, T. P., McGimsey, R. G., Richter, D. H., Riehle, J. R., Nye, C. J., Yount, M. E., and Dumoulin, J. A., 1998, Catalog of the historically active volcanoes of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0582, 104 p.
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references PDF 43 KB 
Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands, 1958
Powers, H. A., 1958, Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands: in Williams, H., (ed.), Landscapes of Alaska, Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, p. 61-75.
The igneous petrology and geochemistry of northern Akutan Island, Alaska, 1982
Romick, J. D., 1982, The igneous petrology and geochemistry of northern Akutan Island, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, 151 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Geology of northern Akutan Island, 1980
Swanson, S. E., and Romick, J. D., 1980, Geology of northern Akutan Island: in Motyka, R. J. and Nye, C. J., (eds.), A geological, geochemical, and geophysical survey of the geothermal resources at Hot Springs Bay valley, Akutan Island, Alaska, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 88-3, p. 11-28, 2 sheets, scale 1:20,000 and 1:4,000.
Historically active volcanoes in Alaska, a quick reference, 2000
Wallace, K. L., McGimsey, R. G., and Miller, T. P., 2000, Historically active volcanoes in Alaska, a quick reference: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 0118-00, 2 p.
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