Environmental monitoring is a topic of increasing interest, especially concerning the matter
of natural hazards prediction. Regarding volcanic unrest, effective methodologies along with …

The term “ignimbrite” probably encompasses the one of the largest ranges of deposit types
on Earth, associated with the partial to total collapse of explosive eruption columns feeding …

During volcanic eruptions, volcanic ash transport and dispersion models (VATDs) are used
to forecast the location and movement of ash clouds over hours to days in order to define …

Over the past 25 years, our understanding of the physical processes that drive volcanic
eruptions has increased enormously thanks to major advances in computational and …

A study of amphiboles and associated minerals in samples of Soufrière Hills andesite
erupted from 1995 to 2002 shows significant compositional variations within hornblende …

The 1995–present eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat has produced over a
cubic kilometre of andesitic magma, creating a series of lava domes that were successively …

In response to rapid decompression, porous magma may fragment explosively. This occurs
when the melt can no longer withstand forces exerted upon it due to the overpressure in …

A series of decompression experiments at 875° C, with a 16 h anneal period at 160 MPa,
and depressurizations to a final water pressure (P f) of 125–30 MPa, were run for between 1 …

Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States
alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social …

Eruption of the Soufrière Hills Volcano on Montserrat allowed the detailed documentation of
a Pélean dome-forming eruption. Dome growth between November 1995 and March 1998 …