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Exploding lakes in Vanuatu: ''Surtseyan-style'' eruptions witnessed on Ambae Island

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After a long silence, Lake Vui on Ambae Island burst into spectacular life on November 28, 2005, disrupting the lives of the 10,000 inhabitants on this sleepy tropical island the SW Pacific. "Surtseyan-style" explosions burst through the Island's summit lake waters, forming a new tuff-cone, and threatening to form deadly lahars or volcanic floods. Such eruptions are rarely well observed, and th...
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2006
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Vanuatu
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Journal article
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Massey Research Online
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International Union of Geological Sciences
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