CASE STUDY - IMPACTS volcanoes - Japan Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
Japans volcanic setting
A
- One of the most tectonically active zones in the world
- 4 tectonic plates meet with widespread subduction
- 1200 eruptions in the last 2000 years
2
Q
About MT Ontake Japan
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- Strato Volcano
- 200km west of Tokyo on Honshu
- 3000m tall
- dormant for centuries until 1979-1980 series of eruptions
3
Q
what is mt ontake popular for
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- climbers and trekkers and a note tourist destination
- various facilities including a lodge close to the summit
- place of spiritual pilgrimage for many japanese people
4
Q
27 sept 2014
27/09/204
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- violent unwarned eruption
- the time the volcano wasn’t under any alerts or warnings although small amounts of activity had been observed
5
Q
impacts of 27/09/2014
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- 63 killed mostly climbers and hikers
- large areas surrounding affected by ash fall, pyroclastic flows volcanic bombs and lahars
- over 200 survivors made it down the mountain
6
Q
primary responses to mt ontake 21/09/2014
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- rescue teams deployed to recover those seriously injured
