Novarupta 1953

Start: 1953 [1]

Stop: 1954 [1]

Event Type: Not an eruption

Event Characteristics:

Description: Keller and Reiser (1959) reported Novarupta steaming during 1953 and 1954. This type of activity does not represent a volcanic eruption.

References Cited

[1] Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska, 1959

Keller, A. S., and Reiser, H. N., 1959, Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-G, p. 261-298, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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[2] Fumarolic systems in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai, Alaska: macro- and micro- chemical systematics, 1993

Papike, J. J., Spilde, M. N., and Brearley, A. J., 1993, Fumarolic systems in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai, Alaska: macro- and micro- chemical systematics [abs.]: in Duggan, M. B. and Knutson, Jan, (comps.), Ancient volcanism & modern analogues, 1993 IAVCEI general assembly, Abstracts, Canberra, Australia, Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 1993, p. 84.

Complete Eruption References

Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska, 1959

Keller, A. S., and Reiser, H. N., 1959, Geology of the Mount Katmai area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-G, p. 261-298, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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plate 29 PDF 32 MB
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf

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.