Miyakejima (Tokyo, Japan)
Airborne view of Miyakejima volcano's summit crater
| Volcano: | Miyakejima (see Miyakejima at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Miyakejima volcano is located in the Pacific, 200 km south of Tokyo, on the of Izu–Mariana active volcanic arc. This area is tectonically active because of the subduction of the Pacific plate beneath the Eurasian plate. It is one of the most active basaltic stratovolcanoes in Japan |
Point of contact for this site:
Pedro Hernandez, hernandez@eqchem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Laboratory for Earthquake Chemistry, Graduate School of Science)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
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| Miyakejima_30051998 | 30/5/1998 | Emanuela Bagnato | Oct. 1, 2014 |
| Miyakejima_20091998 | 20/9/1998 | Emanuela Bagnato | Oct. 1, 2014 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Hernandez P.A. , J.M. Salazar, Y. Shimoike, T. Mori, K.Notsu, N. Perez , 2001,Diffuse emission of CO2 from Miyakejima volcano, Japan, Chemical Geology, vol.177, pp. 175-185
