Shishaldin 1978/2
Start: February 8, 1978 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- Tephra plume [1]
- Central eruption [1]
Description: From Smithsonian Institution (1978): "A NOAA satellite image on 8 February at 1835 shows simultaneous 60-km plumes emerging from the summits of Shishaldin and Westdahl, about 50 km apart. No plume from Shishaldin is visible in images taken 8 hours earlier and 16 hours later. No ashfall at Shishaldin can be seen in the latter image, but resolution is only 0.9 km and a light or moderate ashfall would probably not be visible." See the Smithsonian website for figures of the satellite images: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-36-&volpage=var&VErupt=Y&VSources=Y&VRep=Y&VWeekly=Y
Images
References Cited
[1] Shishaldin, 1978
Smithsonian Institution, 1978, Shishaldin: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 03, n. 02, unpaged.[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.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
Shishaldin, 1978
Smithsonian Institution, 1978, Shishaldin: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 03, n. 02, unpaged.