Pavlof 1906
Start: 1906 [1]
Stop: December 7, 1911 ± 4 Days [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 3 [2]
Description: Jaggar (1929) writes that an island trapper reported that between 1906 and 1911, Pavlof smoked vigorously, and "sometime in 1911 'fire' poured down the mountain and alarming rumbles continued for several months. Bowlders were thrown into the air. The mountain was reported to have cracked open toward the north, * * * observers on the island of Unga report that an alarming roar was heard, waxing and waning, on the night of December 6-7 1911, between 8pm and 4am, and that the noises were heard for four days. A series of earthquakes was recorded on December 31, 1911 at 12:45, 6, and 7:15am, and at 8:45 pm at Unga." Unga is approximately 55 miles away from Pavlof.
McNutt (1985) writes that this is the most powerful historic eruption of Pavlof.
McNutt (1985) writes that this is the most powerful historic eruption of Pavlof.
References Cited
[1] Mapping the home of the great brown bear: adventures of the National Geographic Society's Pavlof Volcano expedition to Alaska, 1929
Jaggar, T. A., 1929, Mapping the home of the great brown bear: adventures of the National Geographic Society's Pavlof Volcano expedition to Alaska: National Geographic Magazine, v. 55, p. 109-134.[2] 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.[3] The volcanoes of Alaska, 1910
Cordeiro, F. J. B., 1910, The volcanoes of Alaska: Appalachia, v. 12, p. 130-135.[4] 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.[5] Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc, 1950
Coats, R. R., 1950, Volcanic activity in the Aleutian Arc: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 0974-B, p. 35-49, 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000,000.
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Mapping the home of the great brown bear: adventures of the National Geographic Society's Pavlof Volcano expedition to Alaska, 1929
Jaggar, T. A., 1929, Mapping the home of the great brown bear: adventures of the National Geographic Society's Pavlof Volcano expedition to Alaska: National Geographic Magazine, v. 55, p. 109-134.
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The eruptive activity, seismicity, and velocity structure of Pavlof volcano, Eastern Aleutians, 1985
McNutt, S. R., 1985, The eruptive activity, seismicity, and velocity structure of Pavlof volcano, Eastern Aleutians: Columbia University unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 214 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
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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
Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science, 1945
Jaggar, T. A., 1945, Volcanoes declare war: logistics and strategy of Pacific volcano science: Honolulu, Paradise of the Pacific, Ltd, 166 p.