An eye-witness account on the eruption of the Mountain Krakatau on hundred yeansvaro is found in the form of a poen in two lithographed editions in Arabic script. Both lithographed Singaporean editions are found in the National Library, Jakar- ta. Each of then are called Inilah Syair Lampung Dinaiki Air Laut ("this is a poen about Lampung when it was flooded by the sen-water"s furthen mentioned…
Dutch reactions to the Krakatau eruption, a paper based upon some 19th century publications and upon archival material such as the series "mailreports" originating from the Dutch Ministry of Colonies and some private letters and reports. It presents a description of personal experiences of cye-witnesses, Dutch government regulations in connection with the Krakatau events, charity, and in an imp…
When Krakatau was erupted at 10.02, Sunday morning, 27 August, 1883, 36.417 people were killed by one of the greatest volcanic eruption that ever happened on earth. The victims were not only suffered by the pyroclastics of Krakatau but also swept by tsunami which had drawn 297 Desas (a small administrative u- nit of human settlement). Of the 297 Desas, 165 of them were completely vanished from …
Pumice flow of the 1883 Krakatau eruption occurs It at Small Rakata, Rakata and Sertung Islands, those which roughly correspond to the wall of Krakatau caldera, Indonesia. significantly differs in both mineral and chemical compositions against any other volcanic rock or ejecta of the Krakatau Group, those of which belong to Miyashiro's (1974) tholeiitic series. Meanwhile, lithic fragments of gr…
Krakatau Volcanic Complex located in Sunda Strait, Indonesia, erupted catastrophically in 1883. The eruption was preceeded by the increasing number of seismicity during the last 7 years prior to the eruption. The initial stage of the eruption was indicated by the ash outburst of Perbu- atan volcano in May and followed by another activity in the area south of Danan Volcano in July, 1883. Ashes i…
Wilayah geografis Indonesia terletak dalam jalur Pasifik Ring of Fire menjadikan Indonesia sebagai negara yang rawan terhadap erupsi gunungapi. Sejarah menunjukkan bahwa Indonesia merupakan tempat terjadinya beberapa letusan gunungapi yang mendunia, seperti letusan Gunung Toba, Tambora dan Krakatau. Belajar dari pengalaman tersebut, pengurangan risiko vulkanik yang di akibatkan oleh erupsi gun…
Buku yang berisi foto-foto disertai keterangn singkat ini adalah rekam jejak Sebagian kecil dari fenomena alam geologi di Indonesia tahun 2014 khususnya yang menyebabkan kerugian harta benda maupun kehilangan nyawa manusia. Dari berbagai jenis bencana geologi hanya 3 jenis yaitu gempabumi, Gerakan tanah, dan erupsi gunungapi yang tercatat pada tahun 2014. Tsunami tidak terjadi di Indonesia tahu…