Satellite observations of new volcanic island in Tonga

Vaughan, R. Greg; Abrams, Michael J.; Hook, Simon J.; Pieri, David C.

dc.contributor.author	Vaughan, R. Greg
dc.contributor.author	Abrams, Michael J.
dc.contributor.author	Hook, Simon J.
dc.contributor.author	Pieri, David C.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-19T15:13:27Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-19T15:13:27Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01-23
dc.identifier.citation	Eos, Vol. 88, No. 4, 23 January 2007	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	06-3926
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40957
dc.description.abstract	A rising volcanic plume from an unknown source was observed on 9–11 August 2006 in the Vava’u Island group in the northernmost islands of Tonga [Matangi News Online, 2006]. On 12 August, the crew on board the yacht Maiken, sailing west from Vava’u to Fiji, encountered “a vast, many miles wide, belt of densely packed pumice” floating on the water (F. Fransson personal communication, 2006). Later, the crew sailed south and discovered that the source of the pumice was a newly erupting submarine volcano near Home Reef (18.991ºS, 174.767ºW).	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	American Geophysical Union	en_US
dc.subject	volcanos	en_US
dc.subject	eruptions	en_US
dc.subject	Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)	en_US
dc.subject	submarine volcano	en_US
dc.title	Satellite observations of new volcanic island in Tonga	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US