Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of lahar activity and triggers: Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Salaorni, E., Stoffel, Markus, Tutubalina, O., Chernomorets, S., Seynova, I., Sorg, Annina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/333.7-333.9; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; Dendrogeomorphology; Lahars; Shiveluch volcano; Tree rings; Larix cajanderi; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:122197

Lahars are highly concentrated, water-saturated volcanic hyperconcentrated flows or debris flows containing pyroclastic material and are a characteristic mass movement process on volcanic slopes. On Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian Federation), lahars are widespread and may affect remote settlements. Hi...