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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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00369/full |