Spurr 1110 yBP

Start: 1110 yBP [1]

Stop: 1953 [1]

Event Type: Explosive

Event Characteristics:
  • Tephrafall [1]

Description: From Waythomas and Nye (2002): "A relatively large explosive eruption of Crater Peak is recorded by a 40-centimeter-thick pumiceous lapilliash that is younger than about 840 years but older than A.D. 1953."

References Cited

[1] Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska, 2002

Waythomas, C. F., and Nye, C. J., 2002, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0482, 46 p.
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Complete Eruption References

Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska, 2002

Waythomas, C. F., and Nye, C. J., 2002, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0482, 46 p.
full-text PDF 11.25 MB