Guest Thinkers — September 28, 2010

Last call for Mt. Hood questions

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I’m putting out the last call for questions about Mt. Hood magmatism for Dr. Adam Kent of Oregon State University. He has offered to take your questions about his recentNature Geosciences paper on the nature of magmatic evolution and eruptive triggers at Mt. Hood, so if you have anything you’d like to ask him, send me your questions at eruptionsblog at gmail or leave a comment.

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