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Application of a newly developed theory to volcanological observations of explosive eruptions shows that previous estimates of pre-explosion gas pressures may be overestimated by an order of magnitude.
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Self, S., Wilson, L. & Nairn, I. Vulcanian eruption mechanisms. Nature 277, 440–443 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277440a0
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