Shishaldin 9000 yBP
Start: 9000 yBP [1]
Event Type: Explosive
- Tephrafall [1]
Description: From Beget and others (2002): "Another notable eruption from Shishaldin occurred about 9,000 years ago. This eruption deposited more than 2 meters of pumiceous and scoriaceous tephra near the volcano. Deposits from this eruption are about 3 centimeters thick in Cold Bay, Alaska, about 95 kilometers northeast of the summit vent."
References Cited
[1] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, 2002
Beget, J. E., Nye, C. J., Schaefer, J. R., and Stelling, P. L., 2002, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2002-4, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
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Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska, 2002
Beget, J. E., Nye, C. J., Schaefer, J. R., and Stelling, P. L., 2002, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Shishaldin Volcano, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2002-4, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
full-text PDF 2.25 MB 