Eruptions
A blog of volcanic activity and research worldwide.
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Recent Posts
- Eruptions is moving!
- Possible eruption in Virunga National Park, Congo
- Sinabung and Etna updates for 8/30/2010
- New eruption at Sinabung in Indonesia
- Friday Flotsam: Galeras settles, Krakatau anniversary, what is under Yellowstone and more.
- A busy day for Etna and Galeras
- Galeras Erupts
- We're in Pompeii and today is "Volcano Day"
- Tuesday Tidbits: Eyjafjallajökull, Yasur, mud on Mars and more
- A request from me
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- Sexkontakt - Sexchat on Wednesday Whatzits: Haiti, Tungurahua erupts, Martian lava flows and a pile of updates
- Sexkontakt - Sexchat on Japan planning ahead ... way ahead
- uggs on A busy day for Etna and Galeras
- Kerrie Polselli on Chaiten Eruption Update
- Kerrie Cellupica on Chaiten Photo Gallery
- lissage brésilien on Chaiten Eruption Update
- Sexkontakt on Back from the Field ... and into a busy week
- Kerrie Heggins on Quiet week in volcanoes
- Kerrie Laycox on Ruapehu video help
- are hiv medications expensive on Send me your questions for Dr. Boris Behncke on Italian volcanism
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Volcanoes!- Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)
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- Bulletin of Volcanology
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- Oregon State Univ. Online Mineral Collection
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About Erik
I've been mesmerized with volcanoes (and geology) all my life. It helps that part of my family comes from the shadow of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia, where I could see first hand the deadly effects of volcanic eruptions. Since then, I've taken a bit of a winding path to become a volcanologist. I started as a history major at Williams College, almost went into radio, but ended up migrating to geology, including an undergraduate thesis on Vinalhaven Island, Maine. I followed this up by changing coast to get my Ph.D. from Oregon State University. Then I ran a MC-ICP-MS lab at University of Washington for a spell (and wrote for an indie rock website). I spent three years as a postdoctoral scholar at University of California - Davis studying the inner workings of magmatic systems. I am now an assistant professor at Denison University and have projects in New Zealand, Chile and Oregon.
I am fascinated by volcanoes, their eruptions and how those eruptions interact with the people who live around the volcanoes. I started this blog after getting frustrated with the news reports of volcanic eruptions. Most of them get the information wrong and/or are just sensationalistic. I will try to summarize eruptions as they occur, translate some of the volcanic processes that are happening and comment on the reports themselves.
And no matter what people tell you, I definitely do not have a cat named Tephra. (OK, I do).
You can find out more about my research by visiting my website. If you have any comments, questions or information, feel free to contact me at eruptionsblog at gmail dot com.
And a special thank you to Ashley Willard, who came up with the nifty Eruptions header for the blog.
