The Kuwae (Vanuatu) eruption of AD 1452: potential magnitude and volatile release
Sometime during AD 1452, according to new evidence, a large-magnitude, initially phreatomagmatic eruption, destroyed the island of Kuwae (16.83°S, 168.54°E), located in the present-day Republic of Vanuatu. It created a 12×6-km submarine caldera composed of two adjacent basins. Based on estimates of...
Published in: | Bulletin of Volcanology |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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2007
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Online Access: | https://oro.open.ac.uk/5106/ |