Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

Presentation information

Poster

Symbol S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-VC Volcanology

[S-VC45] Active Volcanism

Wed. May 27, 2015 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Convention Hall (2F)

Convener:*Yosuke Aoki(Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

[SVC45-P28] The 2014-2015 eruptive activity of Aso Volcano, Kyushu, Japan

Hideyuki HIRAMATSU1, Hideho INOUE1, Shinichi MATSUSUE1, *Koji KATO2 (1.Fukuoka Regional Headquarters, JMA, 2.Japan Meteorological Agency)

Mt. Aso is one of the most active volcanoes in Japan. The volcanic activities of Mt. Aso has increased gradually since 2013. Small eruptions sometimes occurred and number of volcanic earthquakes and volcanic tremor amplitude increased relatedly.
Mt.Aso began to erupt on November 2014. This eruption was Strombolian and accompanied with ejection of scoria. We report about recent volcanic activity of Mt. Aso