Kīlauea sample geochemistry 2018-2026 and microscope image of glass bubbles
Detailed Description
Left: Kīlauea tephra glass magnesium oxide for the ongoing summit fountaining eruption (black circles) compared to the ranges of glass magnesium oxide for the 2020-2023 and April–May 2018 Halema‘uma‘u eruptions. Right: Electron microscope image of glassy tephra with round gas bubbles from episode 5 that erupted from January 22–23, 2025. USGS images and data.
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