Phreatic eruption dynamics derived from deposit analysis: a case study from a small, phreatic eruption from Whakāri/White Island, New Zealand

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Table 2 Relative kinetic energy of eruption bursts and consequent number of blocks modelled

	Average acoustic energy (J)	Normalised to largest (%)	No. particles	Average velocity (m/s)	Ave. block mass (kg)	K energy (J)	Normalised (%)
P6	1.84 × 10⁸	100	270,000	65	0.026	154,041,966.54	100
P5	6.76 × 10⁷	36.74	124,500	58	0.026	5,522,547.75	36.71
P4	2.15 × 10⁷	11.68	53,300	50	0.026	1,757038.83	11.68
					Total	22,321,553.11