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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:28, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Monowai (seamount)

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... that Monowai volcano is growing so quickly that it frequently collapses, generating landslides? The frequency of these slides at Monowai (two in 9 years) also far exceeds the frequency of large debris avalanches at other volcanoes, which is estimated to be only once every 102–104 years. Undoubtedly, this is due to the eruption frequency at Monowai,>

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Improved to Good Article status by Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk). Self-nominated at 20:06, 3 September 2019 (UTC).

A GA doesn't need much further review, and the article is fine (I flipped a few notes)--but, and I hate to be nitpicky, the hook: the "growing so quickly" bit is not clear to me--the citation given doesn't address growth. There's "rapid rates of growth" in Watts et al, but I don't see it in Chadwick et al--possibly because it's pretty technical. Jo-Jo Eumerus, help me out please. Drmies (talk) 03:08, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Drmies:Part of that information is actually in Ronde et al., p.514, I am not sure why Chadwick et al. say "eruption frequency" instead; Monowai is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the world but it's their magma output that's really remarkable. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:10, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Jo-Jo Eumerus, that's what I mentioned as "Watts et al"--you have Ronde as lead author? I suppose you are pointing to the sentence "The resulting collapse and growth..."? Drmies (talk) 20:10, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

The ref toolbar does do strange things to lead authors, I wouldn't overinterpret this. Basically Watts et al AKA Ronde et al says that Monowai has a huge magma output rate for a volcano. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:30, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Drmies: Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:07, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

(At least your toolbar works--I have to do all this stuff by hand, which sucks when you're writing about sciency topics. Drmies (talk) 14:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)