Volcanic Explosivity Index
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Volcanic Explosivity Index

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) was devised by Chris Newhall of the U.S. Geological Survey and Steve Self at the University of Hawai i in 1982 to provide a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions.Volume of products, eruption cloud height, and qualitative observations (using terms ranging from "gentle" to "mega-colossal") are used to determine the explosivity value. The scale is open-ended with the largest volcanoes in history given magnitude 8. A value of 0 is given for non-explosive eruptions (less than 104 cubic metres of t...