Martin 1951/7
Start: July 22, 1951 [1]
Event Type: Not an eruption
- Remobilized tephra - no eruption [4]
Description: From Muller and others (1954): "In recent years Mount Martin, a 6050-foot peak 11 miles southwest of Mount Trident, has been one of the steadiest performers in this part of the Aleutian Range. Because of Mount Martin's location, some of its activity has been incorrectly attributed to its larger neighbor to the northeast, Mount Mageik. Probably both the ashfall at Kukak Bay on July 22, 1951, and the eruptions reported as occurring simultaneously with Mount Trident's activity in February 1953, came from Mount Martin."
Miller and others (1998), however, doubt the validity of this eruption, stating that "all reports of eruption or ash emission are probably spurious, reflecting only the persistent and conspicuous steam plume. Steam emission is normally vigorous and continuous from the summit vent of Mount Martin with plumes occasionally rising 600 m above the vent and extending downwind for 20 km."
Miller and others (1998), however, doubt the validity of this eruption, stating that "all reports of eruption or ash emission are probably spurious, reflecting only the persistent and conspicuous steam plume. Steam emission is normally vigorous and continuous from the summit vent of Mount Martin with plumes occasionally rising 600 m above the vent and extending downwind for 20 km."
References Cited
[1] Current volcanic activity in Katmai National Monument (Alaska), 1954
Muller, E. H., Juhle, R. W., and Coulter, H. W., 1954, Current volcanic activity in Katmai National Monument (Alaska): Science, v. 119, n. 3088, p. 319-321.[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.
intro and TOC PDF 268 KB
references PDF 43 KB [3] Mount Mageik: A compound stratovolcano in Katmai National Park, 2000
Hildreth, Wes, Fierstein, Judy, Lanphere, M. A., and Siems, D. F., 2000, Mount Mageik: A compound stratovolcano in Katmai National Park: in Kelley, K. D. and Gough, L. P., (eds.), Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1998, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper PP 1615, p. 23-41.
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full-text PDF 5.1 MB [4] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska, 2001
Fierstein, Judy, and Hildreth, Wes, 2001, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0489, 50 p., 1 plate, scale not applicable.
full-text PDF 28.8 MB Complete Eruption References
Volcanoes of the world: an illustrated catalog of Holocene volcanoes and their eruptions, 2003
Siebert, L., and Simkin, T., 2002-, Volcanoes of the world: an illustrated catalog of Holocene volcanoes and their eruptions: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series GVP-3, http://volcano.si.edu/search_volcano.cfm, unpaged internet resource.
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska, 2001
Fierstein, Judy, and Hildreth, Wes, 2001, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0489, 50 p., 1 plate, scale not applicable.
full-text PDF 28.8 MB 
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 
Current volcanic activity in Katmai National Monument (Alaska), 1954
Muller, E. H., Juhle, R. W., and Coulter, H. W., 1954, Current volcanic activity in Katmai National Monument (Alaska): Science, v. 119, n. 3088, p. 319-321.
Current volcanic activity in Katmai National Monument, 1954
Muller, E. H., Juhle, R. W., and Coulter, H. W., 1954, Current volcanic activity in Katmai National Monument: in Luntey, R. S., Interim report on Katmai Project, Washington D.C., U.S. National Park Service, p. 62-66.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Magnificent Katmai, 1952
Sumner, Lowell, 1952, Magnificent Katmai: Sierra Club Bulletin, v. 37, n. 10, p. 29-51.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet