Dr Ralf Gertisser r.gertisser@keele.ac.uk
The great 1815 eruption of Tambora and future risks from large-scale volcanism
Gertisser
Authors
Abstract
The year 2015 marks the bicentenary of the largest eruption in recent historic times: the 10–11 April 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia. Two hundred years after the eruption, an incomplete or inaccurate record of large eruptions over the past millennia, and uncertainties in determining the true sizes of eruptions, hamper our ability to predict when the next eruption of this scale may occur. Such events would have catastrophic effects locally and, possibly, world-wide. The problem is compounded by a lack of detailed knowledge of how and over what timescales large magma reservoirs that feed such eruptions grow and assemble, and of the surface manifestations of these processes recorded through geophysical or geochemical monitoring techniques.
Acceptance Date | Jul 31, 2015 |
---|---|
Publication Date | Jul 31, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Geology Today |
Print ISSN | 0266-6979 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Pages | 132 -136 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12099 |
Keywords | Mount Tambora, volcanism, |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gto.12099 |
Files
gertisser_2015.pdf
(1 Mb)
PDF
Publisher Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
You might also like
Evolution of Stromboli basaltic plumbing system via magma recharges and mush rejuvenation.
(2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gone with the Wind: Dispersal of Ciomadul Tephra
(2022)
Book Chapter
Palaeogeography: Syn- and Post-eruptive Landscape Evolution Around Ciomadul
(2022)
Book Chapter
Evolution of the Ciomadul Volcanic Field—Lava Domes and Explosive Eruptions
(2022)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About Keele Repository
Administrator e-mail: research.openaccess@keele.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search