INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEODESY AND GEOPHYSICS (IUGG)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR (IAVCEI)

Reports on Volcanic Activities and Volcanological Studies in Japan for the Period from 1995 to 1998

PREPARED FOR IUGG99, THE 22ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BIRMINGHAM, THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1999


VOLCANOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

AND

NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR,

SCIENCE COUNCIL OF JAPAN


List of contributors

[Contents]

I. Preface

II. Eruptive Events

  1. General Statement
  2. Activities of Sakurajima Volcano
  3. Activities of Kuju and Aso Volcanoes
  4. Volcanic Activities in Tohoku
  5. Eruptions of Hokkaido-Komagatake and Meakandake, Hokkaido

III. Geophysical Study

IV. Geological Study

  1. Regional Geology and Physical Volcanology
  2. Petrology and Mineralogy

V.Geochemical Study

VI. National Project for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions

  1. Outlines of National Project for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions
  2. Joint Volcanological Experiment on Volcanic Structure and Magma Supply System

VII. International Activity

  1. Cooperative Observation of Volcanic Activities at Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira Volcanoes in Africa
  2. Collaborative Study on Volcanic Activity between Indonesia and Japan
  3. Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre


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