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The Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, British West Indies: Introduction to special section, part 1

January 1, 1998

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.

Publication Year 1998
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
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