Havre Seamount eruption in July-August 2012 built new submarine cone
Fri, 26 Oct 2012, 12:05
12:05 PM | BY: T
Multibeam sonar image of Havre seamount, with the new cone formed during the July 2012 eruption marked. (Eruptions Blog / NIWA, GNS Science)
NZ scientists used multibeam sonar to map the seamount and found evidence of a new volcanic cone, 240 m tall and reaching withing 1,100 m below sea level, built on the side of the large submarine caldera of Havre volcano.
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- New Volcanic Cone Confirms the Havre Seamount Eruption (Eruptions Blog)
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Wed, 22 Aug 2012, 10:05
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. Read all
Mon, 13 Aug 2012, 17:00
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