Shishaldin 1979/2
Start: February 14, 1979 ± 1 Days [1]
Stop: February 27, 1979 [1]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 2 [2]
- Tephra plume [1]
- Tephrafall [1]
- Central eruption [1]
Description: From Smithsonian Institution (1979): "Peninsula Airways pilots reported unusually strong ash emission during overflights on 14 or 15, and 27 February. Ashfall, usually confined to the summit area, was occurring on the upper half of the volcano."
References Cited
[1] Shishaldin, 1979
Smithsonian Institution, 1979, Shishaldin: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 04, 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, 1979
Smithsonian Institution, 1979, Shishaldin: Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin v. 04, n. 02, unpaged.