The Earth's history is punctuated by large explosive eruptions that eject large quantities of
magma and silicate rock fragments into the atmosphere. These tephra particles can …

Magma fragmentation is the breakup of a continuous volume of molten rock into discrete
pieces, called pyroclasts. Because magma contains bubbles of compressible magmatic …

ABSTRACT Taupō volcano (New Zealand) is distinguished as the source of Earth's
youngest supereruption (∼ 25.5 ka), with Lake Taupō occupying the resulting caldera …

Abstract On May 1st 2008 Mount Chaitén (southern Chile) interrupted a long period of
quiescence, generating a sequence of explosive eruptions and causing the evacuation of …

Selenium is a chemical element with major environmental implications, due to the extremely
narrow range between essential and toxic concentrations. Volcanoes emit significant …

Volcanic plume samples taken in 2008 and 2009 from the Halemaumau eruption at Kīlauea
provide new insights into Kīlauea's degassing behaviour. The Cl, F and S gas systematics …

We present a detailed chronological reconstruction of the 2011 eruption of the Cordón
Caulle volcano (Chile) based on information derived from newspapers, scientific reports and …

On 2 May 2008, a large eruption began unexpectedly at the inconspicuous Chaitén volcano
in Chile's southern volcanic zone. Ash columns abruptly jetted from the volcano into the …

Ecuador has about 20 active continental volcanoes, with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI)
between 2 and 7. In the last 17 years, five of these volcanoes (Sangay, Guagua Pichincha …

Volcanism has affected the environment of our planet over a broad range of spatial (local to
global) and temporal (< 1 yr to 100s Myr) scales and will continue to do so. As well as …