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Kikai’s Secret: Scientists Discover Record-Breaking Volcanic Eruption From 7,300 Years Ago
04 Apr 2024 21:03 GMT
… study of the volcanic deposits around Japan’s Kikai caldera, revealing that … the sedimentation processes of underwater volcanic eruptions, demonstrating the vast impact … of the submerged volcanic deposits surrounding Japan’s Kikai caldera shed light …
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Survey Maps Biggest Volcano Eruption In The Past 11,700 Years
31 Mar 2024 18:52 GMT
… the Kikai Caldera.Shimizu et al. 2024/Journal of Volcanology and … collapse of the volcano and subsequent formation of the Kikai Caldera. The … thick layer of ejected volcanic material can …
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Biggest Holocene volcano eruption found by seabed survey
17 Mar 2024 03:08 GMT
… survey of the volcanic underwater deposits around the Kikai caldera in Japan … published in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, the geoscientists … ka caldera-forming Kikai-Akahoya eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research …
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Ancient Volcanic Eruption Near Japan Shook The World With a Record Blast
15 Mar 2024 23:20 GMT
… a detailed analysis of the Kikai Caldera near Kyūshū island in … years ago known as the Kikai-Akahoya (K-Ah) eruption, … caldera. (Satoshi Shimizu)"Large volcanic eruptions such as those yet … precision because many of the volcanic ejecta deposited on land …
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Scientists crack secrets of biggest volcanic blast in history
13 Mar 2024 13:39 GMT
… in accessing the submarine volcano, determining the magnitude and … in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. “ … seabed around the Japanese volcano. The map revealed massive … volcanic glass matching the composition and timing of the Kikai …
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World’s largest volcanic eruption took place 7,300 years ago
01 Mar 2024 22:50 GMT
… honour went to another Indonesian volcano, Mount Tambora, which, on … 7300 years ago when the Kikai-Akahoya eruption ejected at … to conclude that the Kikai-Akahoya eruption likely expelled …
Impressive stuff! But, the Kikai-Akahoya eruption still pales against …
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The 7,000-year-old volcanic eruption is the largest of our time
01 Mar 2024 20:53 GMT
… by the volcano.
The largest volcanic eruption
Calculations showed that the Kikai-Acahuia … the present day.
Kikai underwater volcano
The Kikai submarine volcano is a large crater … coast and its history of volcanic activity, Kikai is closely monitored by …
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World's largest underwater volcano eruption happened 7,300 years ago
29 Feb 2024 16:18 GMT
… in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research on … 000 years, the undersea Kikai volcano is known to have generated … was the Kikai-Akahoya eruption.
Although the old volcanic blast … of accessing the underwater volcano, scientists had previously found …
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28 Feb 2024 17:22 GMT
… have identified the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history … Eurasian plate. The underwater Kikai volcano is known to have … volcanic glass matching the composition and timing of the Kikai … -Akahoya eruption. The glass and other volcanic debris …
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The largest Holocene volcanic eruption unveiled in seabed survey
22 Feb 2024 12:50 GMT
… and sediment sampling around the Kikai caldera, located off the southern … underwater, vital to understanding past volcanic eruptions.
Using seismic reflection … revealing clues to ancient volcanic eruptions.
Shimizu elucidates, “Volcanic ejecta deposited in …