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Fig. 3

From: Eruption style transition during the 2017–2018 eruptive activity at the Shinmoedake volcano, Kirishima, Japan: surface phenomena and eruptive products

Fig. 3

Photographs of representative eruptive products. Top row: volcanic ash from eruptions on (a) 12 October 2017, (b) 14 October 2017, and (c) 5 April 2018. d Ash and pumice lapilli deposit at Loc. 1, approximately 3 km from the Shinmoedake summit crater, on the morning of 7 March 2018. e Magnification of deposit (d) showing abundant pumice lapilli. f Gray pumice collected at Loc. 1. g Light gray pumice erupted on 8–9 March 2018 and collected on 10 March 2018 at Loc. 2. h Ballistic ejecta (lava blocks) that damaged the ground surface and grass at Loc. 3. The inset shows the prismatic jointed surfaces of the blocks. i Tongue-shaped lava overflow from the northwest side of the summit crater. Lava blocks (inset) were sampled from the massive part of the lava flow (Loc. 4)

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