Posted by Jane on August 10, 2008 at 04:42:37:
From a new report on Chaiten volcano "There is also a ’science postscript’ which contains the following observations on and questions arising from the Chaitén eruption, please note bullet points 5 and 6: * rhyolite extrusion rates unusually high * sulphur dioxide emissions unusually low * ash deposits unusually fine grained * magma hot (850°C) and ascended rapidly from depth (>6km?) * tectonic connection to the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone (LOFZ) - is this a tectonically-pressured eruption? * ongoing interpretation of current earthquakes"
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