St Helens

What Triggered The Development Of The Lahar Flows At Mt St Helens?

The eruption melted the Shoestring Glacier and the resulting cement-like slurry stripped off the forest. Melting ice and snow mixed with rock and ash producing debris-laden floods called lahars (mudflows). Flood waters from melting ice and snow produced lahars that flowed miles from the volcano. What triggered the eruption of Mt St Helens? On the …

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