The 2002 eruption of Mount Etna was a flank eruption, occurring along two rift zones to the north-east and south of the summit craters. In this image taken from the International Space Station, the northeast flank is in the foreground. Steam rising from the summit craters obscures the lower part of the south flank eruption column.
A flank eruption is a volcanic eruption which occurs on the flanks of a volcano, instead of at its summit. Such eruptions occur when the conduit connecting the summit to the magma chamber below is blocked, forcing the magma to move laterally.
A flankeruption is a volcanic eruption which occurs on the flanks of a volcano, instead of at its summit. Such eruptions occur when the conduit connecting...
around or on cones of past flankeruptions. Since the year AD 1600, at least 60 flankeruptions and countless summit eruptions have occurred; nearly half...
of magma may cause subsidence of the mountain, and if a flank collapses, a lateral eruption occurs. The directed nature of the blast may cause damage...
is also surrounded by hundreds of small volcanic cinder cones from flankeruptions.[citation needed] Nyiragongo's cone consists of pyroclastics and lava...
damaged the town of Nicolosi and other settlements, an eruption fissure opened on the southeastern flank of Etna during the night of 10–11 March. Several more...
upper east flank of the mountain, culminated in the extrusion of a small lava dome. On June 12, the volcano's first spectacular eruption sent an ash...
Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which material is expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These...
noted the possibility of a flankeruption between March 2024 and November 2027. At about 6:30 p.m. (CAT) on 22 May 2021, a flank of Mount Nyiragongo erupted...
eruptions along subsidiary fissures and cracks and flank occurred. Finally, the volcanic eruptions at Mount Ararat transitioned into a flankeruption...
Mauna Loa's northwestern flank has also been the source of three historical eruptions. The 1843 event was followed by eruptions in 1849, 1851, 1852, and...
by flank collapse of Anak Krakatoa was likely, as it had formed on the steep eastern slope of the large caldera formed by the 1883 explosive eruption. A...
Plinian eruptions or Vesuvian eruptions are volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed...
described as having the characteristics of central vent eruption, flank (excentric) vent, explosive eruption and lava flow(s). Rinjani erupted three times on...
southwestern and northern flanks. They are eroding eruption products from the summit area, and moraines have been mapped both on the western flank and in the summit...
buried. A large landslide on the southwest flank occurred about 18,000 years ago. Shin-Fuji (new-Fuji) eruptions in the form of lava, lapilli and volcanic...
A limnic eruption, also known as a lake overturn, is a very rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) suddenly erupts from...
east lies Olca. The only historical activity from the complex was a flankeruption from 1865 to 1867. Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of...
usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another. Large eruptions can affect atmospheric temperature as ash and droplets of sulfuric acid...
falls, flowing down the flanks of the volcano. Fountain collapse of an eruption column associated with a Vulcanian eruption (e.g., Montserrat's Soufrière...
284–288 (2012). https://doi-org.insu.bib.cnrs.fr/10.1038/ngeo1414 "New flankeruption at Erta Ale volcano, Ethiopia". The Watchers - Daily news service |...
Historical eruptions of Pico have occurred from vents on its flanks rather than the summit crater. In 1562–1564, an eruption on the southeast flank produced...
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