Report on Talang (Indonesia) — June 1986
Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 6 (June 1986)
Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland.
Talang (Indonesia) Thermal field grows; steaming increases
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 1986. Report on Talang (Indonesia) (McClelland, L., ed.). Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 11:6. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198606-261160
Talang
Indonesia
0.979°S, 100.681°E; summit elev. 2575 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
Signs of enhanced activity at Gabuo Atas solfatara field were observed in May, when increased fuming was noted. The area of thermal activity has grown to cover ~10 hectares, but the temperatures of solfataras have remained in the normal range, between 92 and 97°C.
Geological Summary. Talang is part of a large volcanic edifice just NW of Dibawah Lake. An older volcanic peak, Pasar Arbaao, is ~1.5 km W. The steep-sided Talang cone exhibits fumarolic activity but has no crater; it appears to have grown within a larger caldera. Recorded eruptions have mostly involved small-to-moderate explosive activity, first documented in the 19th century, that originated from a series of small craters in a valley on the NE flank.
Information Contacts: L. Pardyanto, Olas, Kaswanda, A. Sudradjat, and T. Casadevall, VSI.
