Eruption chronology of the December 2021 to January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption sequence

Ashok Kumar Gupta; Ralf Bennartz; Kristen E. Fauria; Tushar Mittal

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00606-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2022)

Eruption chronology of the December 2021 to January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption sequence

Ashok Kumar Gupta,
Ralf Bennartz,
Kristen E. Fauria,
Tushar Mittal

Affiliations

Ashok Kumar Gupta: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Ralf Bennartz: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Kristen E. Fauria: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Tushar Mittal: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00606-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption involved multiple eruptive pulses and ice-rich umbrella plumes which dispersed at altitudes up to 31 km, according to satellite remote sensing observations.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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