Seama Kikai-Akahoya Deposit distribution (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Seama Kikai-Akahoya Deposit distribution

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Kobe University geoscientists report that the eruption ejected between 133 and 183 cubic kilometers dense-rock equivalent of volcanic products (ash, pumice, etc.) that settled in an area measuring more than 4,500 square kilometers around the eruption site, making the event the largest volcanic eruption to have taken place within the Holocene.

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SHIMIZU Satoshi

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