The Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, British West Indies: Introduction to special section, part 1
The special section on the eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano is a collection of 24 papers that summarises the early scientific work of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Part 1 of the special section, published in a previous issue of GRL, provided a sampling of the multidisciplinary investigations undertaken at Montserrat. The papers published in Part 1 included an overview of the eruption, investigations on seismicity, ground deformation studies, and petrology.
The papers of this issue comprise Part 2 of the special section. These papers also cover a broad spectrum of topics, including various topics in seismology, petrology, pyroclastic flow models, gas chemistry, hydrothermal systems, and tsunami models. In general, papers in Part 1 may be said to be more observational- or data-orientated, and those of Part 2 more model-orientated, but indeed there is much overlap of descriptive material, data, and modelling within the individual contributions. Considered in total the collection presents a representative summary of the scientific effort carried out in Montserrat through much of 1997.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1998 |
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Title | The Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, British West Indies: Introduction to special section, part 1 |
DOI | 10.1029/98GL02437 |
Authors | W. P. Aspinall, L.L. Lynch, R.E.A. Robertson, K. Rowley, R. S. J. Sparks, B. Voight, S.R. Young |
Publication Type | Article |
Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Series Title | Geophysical Research Letters |
Index ID | 70020547 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |