Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future
by Robert I. Tilling,
Lyn Topinka, and
Donald A. Swanson
Cover photograph: Steam plume rises from lava dome growing inside the large, amphitheater-like crater formed during the catastrophic eruption of May 18, 1980. Spirit Lake is in foreground (Photograph taken on May 19, 1982, by Lyn Topinka).
Title page photograph: View of Mount St. Helens from Johnston Ridge on May 17, 1980 (Photograph by Harry Glicken).
This book was originally published in paper form in 1984. It was revised in 1990 and reprinted in 1993.
Many of the images in this book are available in high resolution from the USGS Media for Science page.
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The online edition contains all text from the original book
in its entirety.
Some figures, however, have been modified to enhance legibility at screen
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Contact: John Watson
Last updated: 03.19.02