Table 1 Timing and eruptive parameters from8.

From: Magma dynamics within a basaltic conduit revealed by textural and compositional features of erupted ash: the December 2015 Mt. Etna paroxysms

 

Start (GMT)

End (GMT)

Mass (109 kg)

Max Column Height (km a.s.l.)

MDR peak (106 kg s−1)

Episode #1

03/12/15 02:30

03/12/15 03:30

9

15

≈6

Episode #2

04/12/15 09:10

04/12/15 10:10

2.4

13.4

≈2

Episode #3

04/12/15 20:30

04/12/15 21:20

1.2

12.5

≈0.9

Episode #4

05/12/15 14:50

05/12/15 15:40

1.2

12.5

≈0.9

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