Eruption on Aug. 13.

Eruption occurred again from ca. 17:30 on August 13 at the summit of Mt. Oyama, Miyake-jima Volcano. Ash fell out in the west part of the island (Ako area).


Field report

Member:

S. Nakada, T. Kaneko, M. Nagai (ERI)

I. Miyagi (GSJ), M. Ohno (Nihon Univ.)

Ash distribution (report at 23:20 Aug. 13 from Miyake-jima)

Isopach map of Aug. 10 ash and Aug. 13 ash (by M. Nagai).

Northern and Southern limit of the distribution are Yuge-hama beach and Ako Post office, respectively.

At "Homare" hotel, the thickness was 14mm just after the deposition, but was 7mm after its dehydration.

Eruption on Aug. 29

Analysis of Ash on Aug. 29 (T. Akimasa; sorry, only in Japanese!)

The eruption on Aug. 18

Analysis of Ash on Aug. 18 (T. Akimasa; sorry, only in Japanese!)

Eruption on Aug. 13

Eruption on Aug. 10

Eruption on july. 14

Distribution of Ash on July. 14-15 (M. Nagai; sorry, only in Japanese!)

Analysis of Ash on July. 14-15 (A. Yasuda; sorry, only in Japanese!)

Eruption on July 8

Analysis of lapilli of eruption on June 27 (A. Yasuda; sorry, only in Japanese!)

Analysis of the ejecta of eruption in 1983 (T. Shimano)


The 2000 activity at Miyake-jima Volcano