Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wednesday Whatzits: A Permian caldera find, the legends of Pele and a quieting Redoubt [Eruptions]

Some brief tidbits for your Wednesday:


The view of Mt. Saint Helens from the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

  • There is a decent article about research being done at a dissected caldera system in the Italian Alps' Sesia Valley. The caldera in question is the Permian in age (248-298 million years old) so don't expect to find it in the GVP database, but the outcrops of this ancient caldera are especially well exposed, allowing for a cross section of volcano and plutonicSource: Thoughts from Kansas RSS Feed

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