2 Topic Commentaries

The Making of a Lava Fountain

The Making of a Lava Fountain

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  Bruce F. Houghton, PhD

  Basaltic volcanology; eruption dynamics and hazards

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  University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, SOEST

  These were easily the best, most breath-taking fountaining eruptions that I have ever seen.

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  Matthew Patrick, MS

  Volcano monitoring; eruption processes

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  USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

  The data suggest that a backup in the magma plumbing system at the long-lived Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption site caused widespread pressurization in the volcano, driving magma into the lower flank.

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