Tarumae (Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
Tarumae lava dome, Japan.
| Volcano: | Tarumae (see Tarumae at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Mt. Tarumae is an active volcano located on the shores of Lake Shikotsu in Western Hokkaido.Tarumae consists of a crater 1.5 km in diameter formed between 1667 and 1739, with an andesitic lava dome in its center, formed during the 1909 eruption. The dome is 450 m in diameter and 150m inheight, and persistently degasses through strong fumarolic activity in the summit area. |
Point of contact for this site:
Pedro Hernandez, hernandez@eqchem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Laboratory for Earthquake Chemistry, Graduate School of Science)
Bibliographic references for this site
Hernández P.A. , G. Natale, F. Tsunomori, K. Sugiyama, T. Ito, K. Notsu, H. Okada, N.M. Pérez, 2001,Preliminary results of diffuse emissions of CO2 and soil gas pressure gradient measurements at Tarumae volcano, Japan., Japan. Bull. Volcanol. Soc. Jpn. , vol.46, pp. 121-125
