Mount Tambora
Stratovolcano, Oceanic crust, Subduction, Magma chamber, Volcanic Explosivity Index, Hatepe eruption, Volcanic ash, List of natural disasters by death toll
Mount Tambora (or Tomboro) is an active stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, on Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and Tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. This raised Mount Tambora as high as 4,300 m (14,000 ft), making it one of the tallest peaks in the Indonesian archipelago, and drained off a large magma chamber inside the mountain. It took decades to refill the magma chamber, its volcanic activity reaching its peak in April 1815. Tambora erupted in 1815 with a rating of seven on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, making it the largest eruption sin…
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Weitere Autoren: Vandome, Agnes F. (Hrsg.) / McBrewster, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-613-0-23608-3
- EAN: 9786130236083
- Produktnummer: 5549164
- Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 140 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D0.8 cm 227 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 227
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