Mount St. Helens and Kilauea volcanoes

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Earthquakes and Volcanoes; (USA)

OSTI ID:6224987

Barrat, J ^[1]

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1. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (USA)

Mount St. Helens' eruption has taught geologists invaluable lessons about how volcanoes work. Such information will be crucial in saving lives and property when other dormant volcanoes in the northwestern United States--and around the world--reawaken, as geologists predict they someday will. Since 1912, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have pioneered the study of volcanoes through work on Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes on the island of Hawaii. In Vancouver, Wash., scientists at the Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory are studying the after-effects of Mount St. Helens' catalysmic eruption as well as monitoring a number of other now-dormant volcanoes in the western United States. This paper briefly reviews the similarities and differences between the Hawaiian and Washington volcanoes and what these volcanoes are teaching the volcanologists.

• OSTI ID: 6224987
• Journal Information: Earthquakes and Volcanoes; (USA), Journal Name: Earthquakes and Volcanoes; (USA) Vol. 21:3; ISSN EAVAE; ISSN 0894-7163
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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