Akutan 1978/9
Start: September 21, 1978 ± 10 Days [1]
Stop: October 1978 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
Description: From Compton and others (1980), describing activity at Akutan beginning in late September, 1978 and ending in October, 1978: "Akutan began to erupt in late September, 1978. Airline pilots reported incandescent fragments, some 'as big as a car' rising about 100 m above the crater. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau passed N of Akutan during the evening of 6 October. Crew members observed incandescent tephra ejection from the summit and glow reflecting upward onto an eruption column. A deep red glow about 1 km long which appeared to be a lava flow, moved down the slopes of the volcano."
References Cited
[1] Akutan, 1980
Compton, M., Hoadly, D., and Kienle, J., 1980, Akutan: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1978, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, v. 18, p. 64.[2] 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.[3] Akutan, 1978
Smithsonian Institution, 1978, Akutan: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 03, n. 10, unpaged.Complete Eruption References
Akutan, 1980
Compton, M., Hoadly, D., and Kienle, J., 1980, Akutan: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1978, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, v. 18, p. 64.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
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
Akutan, 1978
Smithsonian Institution, 1978, Akutan: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 03, n. 10, unpaged.