Volcanic hazards at Mount Semeru, East Java (Indonesia), with emphasis on lahars

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-244

  Thouret, Jean Claude ^a   Lavigne, Franck ^b   Suwa, Hiroshi ^c   Sukatja, Bambang ^d   Surono, ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation ^*  (Indonesia)

^e Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Composite cone; Eruptive activity; Java (Indonesia); Lahar; Mount Semeru; Sediment yield; Volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAHAR; LAVA FLOW; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ASIA; EAST JAVA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SEMERU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36649029499     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0133-6     Document Type: Article

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