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Report on Slamet (Indonesia) — 5 August-11 August 2009


Slamet

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 5 August-11 August 2009
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2009. Report on Slamet (Indonesia) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 5 August-11 August 2009. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (5 August-11 August 2009)

Slamet

Indonesia

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

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


Based on a pilot observation, the Darwin VAAC reported that on 8 August an ash plume from Slamet rose 90 m above the summit. Ash was not detected in satellite imagery.

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: Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC)