Volcanic activity at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala June 1968 – August 1969

Authors

William I. Rose, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Richard E. Stoiber, Dartmouth College
S. B. Bonis, Instituto Geográfico Nacional

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1970

Abstract

Information regarding activity of Santiaguito dome, in western Guatemala, for the period June 1968–August 1969, has been derived from phots taken repeatedly at strategic locations, weekly geologic observations from a nearby lookout and ten expeditions to the mountain.

Activity continues at the principal Caliente vent. Ash, bombs and gas eruptions have been interspersed with repeated extrusion and blasting away of small plug domes. At the subsidiary vent, El Brujo, dome extrusion and accompanying avalanching, so prominent in 1967–68, has declined since late 1968. The minimum volume of the El Brujo dome (formed since 1966) is estimated to be 8.5 × 10⁶ m³.

Publisher's Statement

© Stabilimento Tipografico Francesco Giannini & Figli 1970. Publisher's version of record: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02597792

Publication Title

Bulletin Volcanologique

Recommended Citation

Rose, W. I., Stoiber, R. E., & Bonis, S. B. (1970). Volcanic activity at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala June 1968 – August 1969. Bulletin Volcanologique, 34(1), 295-307. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597792
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