Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bachelery, Patrick (Editor), Lenat, Jean-François (Editor), Di Muro, Andrea (Editor), Michon, Laurent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Active Volcanoes of the World,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geology.; Structural geology.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Structural Geology.; Social Sciences, general.

Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala are both shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean. This publication summarizes the work done on these very active basaltic volcanoes. Piton de la Fournaise has a long history of scientific research and monitoring, encompassing much data collected during recen...