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The effects of volcanic eruptions observed in satellite images: Examples from outside the North Pacific region

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The effect of a volcanic eruption by liberating magma, gases, and energy is to modify the Earth’s surface and its atmosphere. Quite how these changes are produced depends on the nature of the eruption; for example, whether it is explosive or effusive, the period of time over which the eruption occurs, the mass of material erupted, and the geographic area over which the erupted products are distributed.

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Wright, R., Harris, A.J.L., Torres, R., Flynn, L.P. (2015). The effects of volcanic eruptions observed in satellite images: Examples from outside the North Pacific region. In: Monitoring Volcanoes in the North Pacific. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68750-4_11

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