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Akutan CFE

Start: 5200 yBP ± 200 Years [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:
  • Pyroclastic flow, surge, or nuee ardente [2] [1]
  • Caldera/crater [2]
Description: From Miller and others (1998): "The caldera-forming eruption occurred about 5,200 yBP (Reeder, 1983) and was the source of small volume andesitic pyroclastic-flow deposits in valleys on the north, south, and east sides of the volcano (Miller and Smith, 1987; Romick and others, 1990).

References Cited

[1] Late Quaternary caldera-forming eruptions in the eastern Aleutian arc, Alaska, 1987

Miller, T. P., and Smith, R. L., 1987, Late Quaternary caldera-forming eruptions in the eastern Aleutian arc, Alaska: Geology, v. 15, n. 5, p. 434-438.
full-text PDF 2.5 MB

[2] 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.

Complete Eruption References

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.
title page PDF 52
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
eastern part - Wrangell to Ukinrek Maars PDF 972 KB
central part - Chiginagak to Cleveland PDF 2,463 KB
western part - Carlisle to Kiska PDF 956 KB
references PDF 43 KB
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf

Magmatism in the eastern Aleutian Arc: temporal characteristic of igneous activity on Akutan Island, 1990

Romick, J. D., Perfit, M. R., Swanson, S. E., and Shuster, R. D., 1990, Magmatism in the eastern Aleutian Arc: temporal characteristic of igneous activity on Akutan Island: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 104, n. 6, p. 700-721.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Late Quaternary caldera-forming eruptions in the eastern Aleutian arc, Alaska, 1987

Miller, T. P., and Smith, R. L., 1987, Late Quaternary caldera-forming eruptions in the eastern Aleutian arc, Alaska: Geology, v. 15, n. 5, p. 434-438.
full-text PDF 2.5 MB
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Preliminary dating of the caldera forming Holocene volcanic events for the eastern Aleutian Islands, 1983

Reeder, J. W., 1983, Preliminary dating of the caldera forming Holocene volcanic events for the eastern Aleutian Islands [abs.]: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, v. 15, n. 6, p. 668.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
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