Novarupta 1949/5
Start: May 19, 1949 [1]
Stop: May 19, 1949 [1]
Event Type: Not an eruption
Description: Eicher and Rousefell (1957) give the following account of a 1949 eruption at Novarupta: "Following a long period of dormancy Novarupta erupted violently for approximately two hours on May 19, 1949, a heavy outfall of ash being carried down Shelikof Strait by a westerly wind (observed by senior author)." However, Hildreth (1983) states: "Published compilations notwithstanding, there are no credible reports of historic eruptions in the Katmai group except at Novarupta in 1912 and at Trident in 1953 - 1968." The ash seen by Eicher was probably remobilized from the 1912 eruption.
References Cited
[1] Effects of lake fertilization by volcanic activity on abundance of salmon, 1957
Eicher, G. J., and Rounsefell, G. A., 1957, Effects of lake fertilization by volcanic activity on abundance of salmon: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 2, no. 2, p. 70-76.[2] The compositionally zoned eruption of 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska, 1983
Hildreth, Wes, 1983, The compositionally zoned eruption of 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 18, n. 1-4, p. 1-56.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.
Effects of lake fertilization by volcanic activity on abundance of salmon, 1957
Eicher, G. J., and Rounsefell, G. A., 1957, Effects of lake fertilization by volcanic activity on abundance of salmon: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 2, no. 2, p. 70-76.
The compositionally zoned eruption of 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska, 1983
Hildreth, Wes, 1983, The compositionally zoned eruption of 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 18, n. 1-4, p. 1-56.
