Overview
- State-of-the-art advances of the geological setting of Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala (two shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean) Piton de la Fournaise is certainly one of the most studied volcanoes in the world Work presents geological, geophysical, geochemical and petrological aspects as well as studies on physical geography, natural hazards and the sociological and behavioural approaches
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Active Volcanoes of the World (AVOLCAN)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Piton de la Fournaise Volcano
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About this book
Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala are both shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean. This publication summarizes the work done on these very active basaltic volcanoes. Piton de la Fournaise has a long history of scientific research and monitoring, with many data collected during recent eruptions. It is certainly one of the most studied volcanoes in the world. The work presented in this monograph includes geological, geophysical, geochemical and petrological aspects, but also studies on physical geography, natural hazards and the sociological and behavioural approaches.'
The Karthala volcano may be less well known, but it serves as an interesting comparison to Piton de la Fournaise. Although situated close to the volcanoes of Hawaii, it differs from them by its more alkaline magmas and less frequent activity. It was also monitored for more than 25 years, producing extraordinary eruptions in recent years.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean
Book Subtitle: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala
Editors: Patrick Bachelery, Jean-François Lenat, Andrea Di Muro, Laurent Michon
Series Title: Active Volcanoes of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31395-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31394-3Published: 16 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50957-9Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31395-0Published: 03 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2195-3589
Series E-ISSN: 2195-7029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 428
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 117 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geology, Natural Hazards, Geophysics/Geodesy, Structural Geology, Geochemistry, Social Sciences, general