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Researchers use a new method to uncover evidence for gravity tectonics after the great Sumatra quake
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Evidence for Gravity Tectonics After the Great Sumatra Quake

by Terri Cook 27 March 201816 March 2022

A new method that applies structural geology principles to aftershock analyses suggests that gravity-driven motion may occur during part of the seismic cycle.

A panoramic view of the Lusi eruption, in Indonesia, from December 2013.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Feeds Indonesia’s Destructive Mud Eruption?

by Sarah Stanley 2 January 201827 October 2021

New advances in seismic investigations suggest links in plumbing between nearby magma volcanoes and a mud-erupting system that has been spewing for more than a decade.

Using fluorescent lights to look for charcoal and shells in sediment layers in a cave in Indonesia to use to radiocarbon date tsunami deposits.
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Indonesian Cave Reveals Nearly 5,000 Years of Tsunamis

by Katherine Kornei 7 August 201716 March 2022

Researchers explore a coastal cave containing layers of sand deposited by 11 prehistoric tsunamis and demonstrate that the time period between massive waves is highly variable.

Researchers use zircon dating to unravel the processes behind the Toba supereruption.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Led to the Largest Volcanic Eruption in Human History?

by S. Witman 13 April 201716 March 2022

A mineral-dating project at the Toba caldera in Indonesia sheds light on the science of supereruptions.

Scientists use balloons to measure atmospheric ash and assess how volcanic eruption eruptions affect climate.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Volcanic Ash Contributes to Climate Cooling

by A. Branscombe 25 October 201617 November 2022

A new study shows that atmospheric ash reflects solar radiation months after volcanic eruptions.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Volcanic Java and Climate Change

by Michael Wysession 12 September 201610 July 2022

An account of a geophysicist's recent trip to Indonesia wouldn't be complete without intrigue and elucidations about what Java, climate change, and Butch Cassidy all have in common.

Sulfuric lake Kawah Ijen was used to study volcanic activity.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Tool to Better Forecast Volcanic Unrest

by S. Hall 8 July 20161 November 2022

In a retrospective study of volcanic unrest at Indonesia's Kawah Ijen, a new model was able to pick up on the rising probability of eruption 2 months before authorities were aware of the risk.

Posted inScience Updates

Multidisciplinary Monitoring Experiments at Kawah Ijen Volcano

by H. Gunawan, J. Pallister and C. Caudron 2 December 20142 May 2022

Cities on Volcanoes “Wet Volcanoes” Workshop;
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 14–21 September 2014

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