eruptive

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The system was also evaluated using historical data from 24 eruptions between 1998 and 2010, where the Jerk signal consistently appeared before eruptive events.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

A new eruptive fissure may appear with little warning, making it hard to guard against all possible eruptions.

From National Geographic • Jan. 17, 2024

After an 800-year hiatus, eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula began again in 2021, which may mark a new "eruptive cycle", the IMO's Matthew Roberts says.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

Mount St. Helens’ eruptive history began roughly 40,000 years ago with dacitic volcanism, behavior that tends to be explosive and yields large amounts of ash and pumice.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Among the possibilities mentioned were jail fever, camp fever, eruptive military fever, and autumnal fever.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy