Gareloi 1952/1

Start: January 17, 1952 [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Max VEI: 2 [2]

Event Characteristics:
  • Tephra plume [1]
  • Fumarolic or hydrothermal activity [1]
  • Central eruption [1]

Description: Jones (1952) reports that on January 17th, 1952, "a column of grayish-brown fume was rising from the crater on the summit of Gareloi volcano."

References Cited

[1] Alaskan volcanoes, 1952

Jones, A. E., 1952, Alaskan volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 515, p. 7.
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[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.

Complete Eruption References

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

Alaskan volcanoes, 1952

Jones, A. E., 1952, Alaskan volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 515, p. 7.
full-text PDF 284 KB
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska, 2008

Coombs, M.L., McGimsey, R.G., and Browne, B.L., 2008, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5159, 29 p., 1 sheet, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5159/.