Great Sitkin 1950/11
Start: November 5, 1950 [1]
Stop: November 29, 1950 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- Tephra plume [1]
- Tephrafall [1]
- Fumarolic or hydrothermal activity [1]
Description: From Jones (1951): "No fume or ash clouds have appeared from Great Sitkin since the series of eruptions which ended about November 29, 1950. During this eruptive period, which began November 5, 1950, several ash showers and fume were produced. Jones estimated that one ash eruption produced possibly as much as 20,000 cubic meters of ash. Flashes of light were observed several times at night by military personnel on Great Sitkin Island, but they were not seen from Adak."
References Cited
[1] Aleutian volcanic activity, 1951
Jones, A. E., 1951, Aleutian volcanic activity: The Volcano Letter, v. 514, p. 6.
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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
Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1948-1950, 1955
Hantke, Gustav, 1955, Uebersicht ueber die vulkanische Taetigkeit 1948-1950: Bulletin Volcanlogique, v. 14, p. 151-184.
Aleutian volcanic activity, 1951
Jones, A. E., 1951, Aleutian volcanic activity: The Volcano Letter, v. 514, p. 6.
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