USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Mount St. Helens, Washington
Eruptive History
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Mount St. Helens Volcano
-- Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
-- includes
Historical Information ...
Northwest Legends ...
Early Documentation ...
Hydrologic Setting ...
Monitoring ...
Eruptive History ...
May 18, 1980 ...
Lava Dome ...
National Monument ...
- Items of Interest
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August 7, 1980 Eruption - Observations of the Eruptions of July 22 and August 7, 1980, at Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- Hoblitt, 1986
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Cascades Eruptions During the Past 4000 Years - Graphic
-- [Graphic,70K,InlineGIF]
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Chronology of the 1980 eruptive activity
-- Excerpt from: Christiansen and Peterson, 1981, IN: USGS Professional Paper 1250
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Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future
-- Tilling, Topinka, and Swanson, 1990,
USGS General Interest Publication
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Eruptive History
-- Excerpt from: Doukas, 1990, USGS Bulletin 1859
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Eruptive History
-- Excerpt from: Mullineaux and Crandell, 1981, IN: USGS Professional Paper 1250
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Eruptive History
-- Excerpt from: Mullineaux, 1996, USGS Professional Paper 1563
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Eruptive History
-- Excerpt from: Swanson, et.al., 1989, Early History and Volcanic Activity from 1980-1988
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Eruptive History
-- Excerpt from: Tilling, Topinka, and Swanson, 1990, USGS General Interest Report
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Eruptive History after May 18, 1980
-- (1980-1983)
-- Excerpt from: Tilling, et.al., 1990
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Explosive tephra emissions at Mount
St. Helens, 1989-1991: The violent escape of magmatic gas
following storms?
-- Mastin, 1994, IN: GSA Bulletin, v.106
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Goat Rocks Eruptive Period
-- Excerpt from Crandell, 1987, PP1444
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July 22, 1980 Eruption - Observations of the Eruptions of July 22 and August 7, 1980, at Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- Hoblitt, 1986
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Lahars - Menu
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March 19, 1982 Lahar - Lahars Menu
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May 18, 1980 Eruption - Menu
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May 18, 1980 Eruption - Summary
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Mount St. Helens - Before 1980
-- Excerpt from: Foxworthy and Hill, 1982, USGS Professional Paper 1249
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Mount St. Helens - From the 1980 Eruption to 2000
-- Brantley and Myers, 2000
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Mount St. Helens Erupts Again -
Activity from September 2004 through March 2005
-- Major, et.al., 2005
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Mount St. Helens Lava Dome - Menu
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Pine Creek Volcanic Assemblage at Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- Crandell and Mullineaux, 1973, USGS Bulletin 1383-A
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Plot of thickness vs. distance from vent for several tephras from Cascade Range volcanoes - Graphic
-- including May 18, 1980
-- Modified from:
Hoblitt, et.al., 1987, USGS Open-File Report 87-297
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Post-A.D. 1400 segment of eruptive history of Mount St. Helens - Graphic
-- [Graphic,30K,GIF]
-- From: Tilling, et.al., 1990
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Pre-1980 Eruptive History
-- Excerpt from: Swanson, et.al., 1989, AGU Field Trip Guidebook T106
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Pre-1980 Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- Clynne, et.al., USGS Fact Sheet FS2005-3045
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Pre-1980 Tephra-Fall Deposits Erupted From Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- Mullineaux, 1996, USGS Professional Paper 1563
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Predicting the next eruption
-- Excerpt from Crandell and Mullineaux, 1978
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Publications and Reports - Mount St. Helens
-- includes Eruptive History
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Pyroclastic Flows - Menu
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Seismic Studies 1980 - 1983
-- Excerpt from: Brantley and Topinka, 1984, Earthquake Information Bulletin,
v.16, n.2
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September 1997 Debris Avalanche/Debris Flow - Menu
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Simplified Eruptive History of Mount St. Helens
-- Modified from: Swanson, et.al., 1989, AGU Field Trip Guidebook T106,
Original Simplified from: Crandell, 1987
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Small Explosions Interrupt 3-year Quiescence at
Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- (1989-1991)
-- Excerpt from: Myers, 1992, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, v.23
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Summary of Events Leading Up to the May 18, 1980 Eruption
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Summary of May 18, 1980 Eruption
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Summary of Activity Since May 18, 1980, until September 2004
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The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington
-- Lipman and Mullineaux, (eds.), 1981,
USGS Professional Paper 1250, 844p.
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Upper Pleistocene Pyroclastic-Flow Deposits and Lahars
South of Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington
-- Hyde, 1975, USGS Bulletin 1383-B
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Volcanic Activity 1980-1988
-- Excerpt from: Swanson, et.al., 1989, AGU Field Trip Guidebook T106
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Volcanic Hazards with Regard to Siting Nuclear-Power Plants in the Pacific Northwest
-- Section on Mount St. Helens Eruptive History
-- From: Hoblitt, et.al., 1987, USGS Open File Report 87-297
- Other Menus of Interest
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02/27/07, Lyn Topinka