Havre Seamount volcano (Kermandec Islands) activity update: pumice rafts drifting across ocean, no new pumice observed

Wed, 22 Aug 2012, 10:05

10:05 AM | BY: T

The streamers of pumice (likely each less than a few kilometers across) from the July 18, 2012 eruption of Havre seamount spreading across the Pacific Ocean. The pumice has spread over an area of over 250,00 square kilometers in a little over one month. Image taken August 19, 2012, courtesy of NASA and R. Simmon, annotations by E. Klemetti / Eruptions Blog

The pumice rafts from the recent eruption of Havre Seamount in the Kermandec archipelago (discovered 9 Aug) are spreading across the ocean, currently over an area of 270,000 km2 / 100,000 sq. miles of the Pacific Ocean. No new pumice has been observed, which could indicate that the eruption has waned or is over.
To read more, have a look at the recent fascinating post about the fate of the pumice and pumice rafts in general published on the Eruptions Blog.

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Mon, 13 Aug 2012, 17:00

Source of the pumice raft in the Kermandec islands discovered: Havre Seamount

Terra image of the Havre plume and pumice, taken on the morning of July 18, 2012. (NASA Earth Observatory & Eruptions Blog).

The source of the recently observed giant pumice raft in the Kermadec Islands was most likely identified as the largely unknown Havre Seamount. ... Read all

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