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...

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Published in:Bulletin of Volcanology
Main Authors: Witter, J.B., Self, S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://oro.open.ac.uk/5106/