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Actualitésvendredi, sept. 28, 2012
Tondano Lake is a large caldera lake in northern Sulawesi (Indonesia), best known as for its popular local recreation areas. Few know it is what is nowadays usually called a SUPERVOLCANO, similar to Yellowstone with a big difference: it is currently erupting. As Carl on VolcanoCafe in a brilliant article (s. below) points out, a single small earthquake at Yellowstone outperforms it in popularity. ...
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Tondano volcancaldeira 1202 m / 3,944 ft
North Sulawesi, Indonésie, 1.23°N / 124.83°E Condition actuelle: en sommeil (1 sur 5)
Dernière mise à jour: 29 janv. 2013
Style éruptif tipique: Explosive Eruptions du volcan Tondano: none in historic times Derniers séismes proches:
Introduction:The caldera was formed perhaps as much as several million years ago. Younger cones are present in the caldera, as well as obsidian flows, and thermal areas. Lake Tondano lies adjacent the well-defined eastern caldera rim.The active andesitic-to-basaltic stratovolcanoes Soputan, Sempu, Lokon-Empung and Mahawu have formed on the poorly defined southern and northern rims of the caldera. The age of the latest eruptions within the caldera is not known, although thermal areas occur at Batu Kolok and Sarangson, and at the Tampusu cinder cone and Lahendong maar. --- Source: GVP |
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