USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Japan Volcanoes and Volcanics
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Japan Volcanoes and Volcanics
-- Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
-- includes
Asian Plate ...
Azuma ...
Bandai ...
Bandai Debris Avalanche ...
Fuji ...
Fuji Five Lakes ...
Izu-Marianas arc ...
Kikai ...
Misaka Mountains ...
Submarine Volcanoes ...
Toya Caldera ...
Unzen ...
Usu ...
- Maps, Graphics, and Images
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Map [20K,InlineGIF]:
Major Japanese Volcanoes
-- includes
Akan ...
Asama ...
Aso ...
Azuma ...
Bandai ...
Fuji ...
Hachijo-jima ...
Hakone ...
Iwate ...
Iwo-jima ...
Kikai ...
Kirishima ...
Komaga-take ...
Kuchinoerabu-jima ...
Miyake-jima ...
Okinawa-Tori-shima ...
Oshima ...
Sakura-jima ...
Satsuma-Iwo-jima ...
Shikotsu ...
Shin-Iwo-jima ...
Suwanose-jima ...
Tokachi ...
Tori-shima ...
Tokachi ...
Unzen ...
Usu
- Items of Interest
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Akan - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Asama - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Aso - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Azuma - Description
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Azuma - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Bandai - Description
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Bandai - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Bandai - 1888 Debris Avalanche
-- Excerpt from:
Brantley and Glicken, 1986, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, v.18, no.6
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Caldera and Caldera Formation - Description
-- general information about calderas
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Caldera and Caldera Formation - Menu
-- general information about calderas
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Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
-- includes Unzen
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Debris Avalanches and Volcanic Landslides - Description
-- general information about debris avalanches, such as occurred at Bandai in 1888 and
Unzen in 1792
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Debris Avalanches and Volcanic Landslides - Menu
-- general information about debris avalanches, such as occurred at Bandai in 1888 and
Unzen in 1792
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Decade Volcanoes - Location Map
-- [Map,16K,InlineGIF]
-- includes Unzen and Sakurajima
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Decade Volcanoes - Menu
-- includes Sakurajima and Unzen
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Deadly Volcanic Eruptions
-- includes Unzen
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Fuji - Description
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Fuji - Japanese VolcanoCams
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Fuji - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Hachiijo-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Hakone - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Iwate - Japanese VolcanoCams
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Iwate - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Iwo-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Kikai Caldera - Description
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Kikai Caldera - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Kinishima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Komaga-take - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Kuchinoerabu-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Major Volcanoes of Japan - Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Miyake-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Northern Pacific Volcanoes and Volcanic Islands - Menu
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Okinawa-Tori-shima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Oshima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Sakura-jima - Decade Volcanoes Menu
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Sakura-jima - Japanese VolcanoCams
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Sakura-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Satsuma-Iwo-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Sikotsu - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Shin-Iwo-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Submarine Volcanoes Menu
-- CVO Menu
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Suwanose-jima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Tokachi - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Tori-shima - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Toya Caldera - Description
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Tsunamis and Seismic Sea Waves - Menu
-- general information about tsunamis, such as occurred at Unzen in 1792
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Unzen - Decade Volcanoes Menu
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Unzen - Description
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Unzen - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Unzen - 1991-1995 Eruption
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Unzen - 1792 Mount Mayuyama Landslide and Tsunami
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Usu - Description
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Usu - Location Map
-- [Map,20K,InlineGIF]
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Volcanic Debris Avalanches - Description
-- general information about Debris Avalanches such as that at Bandai
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Volcanic Debris Avalanches - Menu
-- general information about Debris Avalanches such as that at Bandai
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Volcanic Debris Avalanches
-- includes Bandai
-- Brantley and Glicken, 1986: IN: Earthquakes & Volcanoes, v.18, no.6
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VolcanoCams
-- "real-time" images of Japanese volcanoes,
includes Iwate, Fuji, and Sakurajima
URL for CVO HomePage is:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html>
URL for this page is:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Japan/framework.html>
If you have questions or comments please contact:
<GS-CVO-WEB@usgs.gov>
10/28/08, Lyn Topinka