Volcanic-glacial interactions: GIS applications to the assessment of lahar hazards (case study of Kamchatka)

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: Ya. D. Muraviev, E. S. Klimenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2015
• Subjects: вулканическая опасность; вулкано-гляциальное взаимодействие; гис; грязевые потоки; лахар; п-ов камчатка; снежный покров; Science; Q; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka; КАМЧАТК*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2014-4-32-42; https://doaj.org/article/180c456894d8401a9937b89bddf8c2bc

On the Kamchatka peninsula, lahars or volcanogenic mudflows arise as a result of intensive snow melting caused by incandescent material ejected by volcanoes onto the surface. Such flows carrying volcanic ash and cinders together with lava fragments and blocks move with a speed up to 70 km/h that can...