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Report on Slamet (Indonesia) — 28 March-3 April 2007


Slamet

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 28 March-3 April 2007
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2007. Report on Slamet (Indonesia) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 28 March-3 April 2007. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (28 March-3 April 2007)

Slamet

Indonesia

7.242°S, 109.208°E; summit elev. 3428 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


According to a news article, a volcano observer monitoring Slamet reported on 1 April that plume activity had increased in intensity and frequency over the previous two weeks. Plumes rose to an estimated altitude of 3.8 km (12,500 ft) a.s.l.

Geological Summary. Slamet, Java's second highest volcano at 3428 m and one of its most active, has a cluster of about three dozen cinder cones on its lower SE-NE flanks and a single cinder cone on the western flank. It is composed of two overlapping edifices, an older basaltic-andesite to andesitic volcano on the west and a younger basaltic to basaltic-andesite one on the east. Gunung Malang II cinder cone on the upper E flank on the younger edifice fed a lava flow that extends 6 km E. Four craters occur at the summit of Gunung Slamet, with activity migrating to the SW over time. Historical eruptions, recorded since the 18th century, have originated from a 150-m-deep, 450-m-wide, steep-walled crater at the western part of the summit and have consisted of explosive eruptions generally lasting a few days to a few weeks.

Source: Earth Times