Kiska 1987/4
Start: April 15, 1987 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- Tephra plume [1]
Description: Miller and others (1998): "On April 15, 1987, a narrow, drifting plume located 60 km east of Kiska Island, was observed on satellite imagery and is inferred to have originated at Kiska volcano (Smithsonian Institution, 1987)."
Smithsonian Institution, 1987: 04/87 (SEAN 12:04) Plume on satellite image
Smithsonian Institution, 1987: 04/87 (SEAN 12:04) Plume on satellite image
References Cited
[1] Kiska, 1987
Smithsonian Institution, 1987, Kiska: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 12, n. 04, unpaged.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.
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
references PDF 43 KB 
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
Kiska, 1987
Smithsonian Institution, 1987, Kiska: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 12, n. 04, unpaged.