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Gas Movement A Key to Mount St. Helens Explosions |
A study being published the week of February 19 suggests that gas and vapor movement to the top of the magma body may have caused fairly rapid increases in pressure and could have been the triggering mechanism that caused Mount St. Helens to erupt in both 1980 and 2004.
Three Oregon State University students have been awarded national study abroad scholarships. Dawn Gaudenti, a senior in biology and international studies, and Rhianna Johnson, a senior in zoology, both received scholarships for internships abroad from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. Alan Myrold, a junior in business and international studies, received a Freeman Award for Study in Asia to study abroad.
