Mechanisms controlling the scale of vulcanian eruptions at Sakurajima volcano, SW Japan, based on monitoring of ash samples with various timescales.

Taketo Shimano

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[E] Oral

S (Solid Earth Sciences ) » S-VC Volcanology

[S-VC37] Understanding the links between volcanic unrest and future, or past, major eruptions

Wed. May 27, 2026 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (8) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Yamada Taishi(Research Center for Volcano Hazards Mitigation, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Tanaka Ryo(Hokkaido University,Institute of Seismology and Volcanology), Seropian Gilles(University of Exeter)

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

[SVC37-04] Mechanisms controlling the scale of vulcanian eruptions at Sakurajima volcano, SW Japan, based on monitoring of ash samples with various timescales.

*Taketo Shimano¹, Nanami Homma¹, Atsushi Yasuda², Masato Iguchi^3,4, Taishi Yamada³, Takahiro Miwa⁵ (1. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 2. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 3. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, 4. Kagoshima City, 5. National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention)

Keywords:Sakurajima, Volcanic ash, Vulcanian eruption, cap rock