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Gareloi 1982/1

Start: January 15, 1982 [1]

Stop: January 15, 1982 [2]

Event Type: Explosive

Max VEI: 3 [3]

Event Characteristics:
  • Tephra plume [1]
Description: From Miller and others (1998): "On January 14, 1982, a magnitude 3.2-3.3 earthquake struck the area; the following day, January 15, a 7-9 km eruption cloud was observed on satellite imagery (Smithsonian Institution, 1982)."
Smithsonian Institution (1982), SEAN v. 07, n. 02: "02/82 (SEAN 07:02) Large plume seen on satellite imagery

References Cited

[1] Gareloi, 1982

Smithsonian Institution, 1982, Gareloi: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 07, n. 02, p. 2.

[2] Gareloi, 1984

Kienle, J., Billington, S., and Mutschlecner, P., 1984, Gareloi: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1982, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, v. 22, p. 59.

[3] 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

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

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

Gareloi, 1982

Smithsonian Institution, 1982, Gareloi: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 07, n. 02, p. 2.

Gareloi, 1984

Kienle, J., Billington, S., and Mutschlecner, P., 1984, Gareloi: in Annual report of the world volcanic eruptions in 1982, Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions, v. 22, p. 59.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet

Aleutian volcano might have spawned "mystery cloud", 1982

Joling, Dan, 1982, Aleutian volcano might have spawned "mystery cloud": Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, v. LXXX, n. 57, March 9, 1982, p. 1, 6.

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/.