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Tongan volcano creates new island! A Tongan volcano has created a new island since it began erupting last month, generating large volumes of rock and dense ash that has killed nearby vegetation and caused local flight disruptions. The new island is more than one kilometre (0.6 mile) wide, two kilometres (1.2 miles) long and about 100 meters (328 feet) high, said the Tonga Lands and Natural Resources Ministry. The disruptive ash plume might be the result of the eruption intensifying or it nearing the surface where mixing with seawater would lead to a more explosive eruption style, causing phreatomagmatic explosions. Follow this link to learn more about the new island and watch a video of the eruption: egu.eu/6WIA6C This blog post on #EruptionsBlog has more details on the eruption: egu.eu/2J3O8N #volcano #eruption #Tonga #HungaTongaHungaHa’apai #ash #disruption #phreatomagmatic #seawater #submarineeruption
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:36:55 +0000

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