Eruptive Characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed

 

Eruptive Characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:45:00 -0500

A new study has found that a mixing of two different types of magma is the key to the historic eruptions of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, and that eruptions often happen in a relatively short time--weeks or months--after this mixing occurs. It will help scientists better understand the nature of Mount Hood's past and future eruptions, as well as other volcanoes that erupt by similar mechanisms. This includes a large number of the world's active volcanoes.

Full story at http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2010/aug/eruptive-characteristics-oregon%E2%80%99s-mount-hood-analyzed
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Oregon State University

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