| Description | Report authored by P G Harris, from the Department of Geology at the University of Leeds and R W Le Maitre, from the Department of Mineralogy, at the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). In addition to recording observations from the activity on the 16th and 17th December 1961, the authors give some background information on the Islands and the earlier phases of the eruption. Accompanied by a summary of early volcanic activity made by LeMaitre. |