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Wally Johnson and Neville Threlfall re-examine the explosive volcanic eruptions that in 1937–43 killed more than 500 people in the Rabaul area of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. They reassess this disaster in light of the prodigious amo...
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oapen-20.500.12657-879772024-03-28T14:03:23Z Return to Volcano Town Johnson, R. W. Threlfall, Neville A. Rabaul Volcanic eruptions Disaster risk reduction New Britain Volcanological Observatory thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBC Volcanology and seismology Wally Johnson and Neville Threlfall re-examine the explosive volcanic eruptions that in 1937–43 killed more than 500 people in the Rabaul area of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. They reassess this disaster in light of the prodigious amount of new scientific and disaster-management work that has been undertaken there since about 1971, when strong tectonic earthquakes shook the area. Comparisons are made in particular with volcanic eruptions in 1994–2014, when half of Rabaul town was destroyed and then abandoned. A striking feature of historical eruptive periods at Rabaul is the near‑simultaneous activity at Vulcan and Tavurvur volcanoes, on either side of Rabaul Harbour. Such rare 'twin' eruptions are interpreted to be the result of a common magma reservoir beneath the harbour. This interpretation has implications for ongoing hazard and risk assessments and for volcano monitoring in the area. 2024-02-23T15:29:16Z 2024-02-23T15:29:16Z 2023 book ONIX_20240223_9781760466046_7 9781760466046 9781760466039 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87977 eng Pacific Series application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International book.pdf ANU Press ANU Press 10.22459/RVT.2023 10.22459/RVT.2023 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 9781760466046 9781760466039 ANU Press 428 Canberra open access |
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Wally Johnson and Neville Threlfall re-examine the explosive
volcanic eruptions that in 1937–43 killed more than 500 people in the Rabaul
area of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. They reassess this disaster in light
of the prodigious amount of new scientific and disaster-management work that has
been undertaken there since about 1971, when strong tectonic earthquakes shook
the area. Comparisons are made in particular with volcanic eruptions in
1994–2014, when half of Rabaul town was destroyed and then abandoned. A striking
feature of historical eruptive periods at Rabaul is the near‑simultaneous
activity at Vulcan and Tavurvur volcanoes, on either side of Rabaul Harbour.
Such rare 'twin' eruptions are interpreted to be the result of a
common magma reservoir beneath the harbour. This interpretation has implications
for ongoing hazard and risk assessments and for volcano monitoring in the
area. |
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