Modeling Lahars on a Poorly Eroded Basaltic Shield: Karthala Volcano, Grande Comore Island

Lahars impose significant secondary hazards on highly populated volcanic islands by remobilizing volcanic ash deposits. Karthala, on Grande Comore Island, is a relatively young and poorly eroded basaltic shield volcano with sporadic occurrence of ash-forming phreatic eruptions. In 2005, two mildly e...

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Main Authors: Antoine Dille, Sam Poppe, Sophie Mossoux, Hamid Soulé, Matthieu Kervyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00369/full