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volcanic explosivity index
volcanic explosivity index n. a number on a logarithmic scale representing the estimated magnitude and violence of a volcanic eruption; abbreviated VEI.The index is based on the volume of material ejected, height of eruption clouds, duration of the eruption, and other factors.
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1981 T. Simkin et al. Volcanoes of World 20/2 Newhall and Self (in press) have integrated quantitative data with the subjective descriptions of observers to assign a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) to individual eruptions.
1982 C. G. Newhall & S. Self in Jrnl. Geophysical Res. 87 1231 A composite estimate of the magnitude of past explosive eruptions, termed the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), is proposed.
1994 Mount Rainier (Nat. Res. Council) i. 2 Mount Rainier is capable of eruptions of small to very large magnitude, as measured by the Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4 to 5 that has been tentatively assigned to the explosive eruption that occurred between 30,000 and 100,000 years ago.
2010 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 23/1 Scientists rank volcanoes according to how explosive they are, using the volcanic explosivity index (VEI), which goes from zero to eight.
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