L.L. Lynch R.E.A. Robertson K. Rowley R. S. J. Sparks B. Voight S.R. Young W. P. Aspinall 1998 <div class=""><div class="article-section__content en main"><p>The special section on the eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano is a collection of 24 papers that summarises the early scientific work of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Part 1 of the special section, published in a previous issue of<span>&nbsp;</span><i>GRL</i>, provided a sampling of the multidisciplinary investigations undertaken at Montserrat. The papers published in Part 1 included an overview of the eruption, investigations on seismicity, ground deformation studies, and petrology.</p><p>The papers of this issue comprise Part 2 of the special section. These papers also cover a broad spectrum of topics, including various topics in seismology, petrology, pyroclastic flow models, gas chemistry, hydrothermal systems, and tsunami models. In general, papers in Part 1 may be said to be more observational- or data-orientated, and those of Part 2 more model-orientated, but indeed there is much overlap of descriptive material, data, and modelling within the individual contributions. Considered in total the collection presents a representative summary of the scientific effort carried out in Montserrat through much of 1997.</p></div></div> application/pdf 10.1029/98GL02437 en American Geophysical Union The Soufriere Hills eruption, Montserrat, British West Indies: Introduction to special section, part 1 article