an explosive eruption is a volcanic eruption of the most violent type. A notable example is the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Such eruptions result...

making it the largest-known explosive volcanic eruption in the Quaternary, and one of the largest known explosive eruptions in the Earth's history. The...

20 March 2010, a small eruption began, rated as a 1 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. Beginning on 14 April 2010, the eruption entered a second phase...

The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the...

with water, causing phreatomagmatic eruptions In terms of activity, there are explosive eruptions and effusive eruptions. The former are characterized by...

world's most dangerous and explosive volcanoes. The eruption of nearby Mount Tambora on Sumbawa is known for the most violent eruption in recorded history on...

Program's Volcanic Explosivity Index. Following is a list of the major eruptive events of Santorini beginning with the catastrophic Minoan eruption, as noted by...

for the eruptions listed here, estimates of the volume erupted can be subject to considerable uncertainty. In explosive eruptions, the eruption of magma...

A supervolcano is a volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, the largest recorded value on the index. This means...

An eruption column or eruption plume is a cloud of super-heated ash and tephra suspended in gases emitted during an explosive volcanic eruption. The volcanic...