Phreatic eruption dynamics derived from deposit analysis: a case study from a small, phreatic eruption from Whakāri/White Island, New Zealand

• Published in: Earth, Planets and Space
• Main Authors: Kilgour G, Gates S, Kennedy B, Farquhar A, McSporran A, Asher C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: Fields of Research::37 - Earth sciences::3705 - Geology::370512 - Volcanology; Inner Crater; Main Crater; New Zealand; White Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17785; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-019-1008-8

© 2019, The Author(s). On 27 April 2016, White Island erupted in a multi-pulse, phreatic event that lasted for ~ 40 min. Six, variably sized pulses generated three ballistic ejections and at least one pyroclastic surge out of the inner crater and onto the main crater floor. Deposit mapping of the py...