Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami, January 2022: globally the most significant opportunity to observe an explosive and tsunamigenic submarine eruption since AD 1883 Krakatau
Abstract January 2022 witnessed the violent eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai submarine volcano in the South Pacific. With a volcanic explosivity index possibly equivalent to VEI 5, this represents the largest seaborne eruption for nearly one and a half centuries since Indonesia’s cataclysmic ex...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Geoscience Letters |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-022-00232-z |