USGS Series | Scientific Investigations Report |
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Report Number | 2008-5214 |
Title | 2006 Volcanic Activity in Alaska, Kamchatka, and the Kurile Islands: Summary of Events and Response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory |
Edition | - |
Language | ENGLISH |
Author(s) | Neal, Christina A.; McGimsey, Robert G.; Dixon, James P.; Manevich, Alexander; Rybin, Alexander |
Year | 2008 |
Originating office | Alaska Science Center |
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Physical description | viii, 103 p. |
ISBN | |
Northernmost latitude | 0640000 |
Southernmost latitude | 0480000 |
Easternmost longitude | -1400000 |
Westernmost longitude | 1720000 |
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The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) responded to eruptions, possible eruptions, and volcanic unrest at or near nine separate volcanic centers in Alaska during 2006. A significant explosive eruption at Augustine Volcano in Cook Inlet marked the first eruption within several hundred kilometers of principal population centers in Alaska since 1992. Glaciated Fourpeaked Mountain, a volcano thought to have been inactive in the Holocene, produced a phreatic eruption in the fall of 2006 and continued to emit copious amounts of volcanic gas into 2007. AVO staff also participated in hazard communication and monitoring of multiple eruptions at seven volcanoes in Russia as part of its collaborative role in the Kamchatka and Sakhalin Volcanic Eruption Response Teams.