Instead, their work found evidence of what is known as a Plinian eruption, one that is similar to the eruption of Vesuvius. A closer examination of microscopic volcanic glass shards recovered from ...

effusive eruptions that tourists can observe from mere steps away, to the andesitic variety, which can produce violent, life-threatening Plinian eruptions with little or no warning. Though ...

As we keep a watchful eye on Mount Spurr, we're remembering the last time it erupted...and the lessons it taught us. Your Alaska Link's spoke with a scientist who had ...

Despite the eruption, TASS reported that the Shiveluch ... "A major south-flank collapse during a 1964 Plinian explosion produced a scarp in which a 'Young Sheveluch' dome began to form in 1980.