The island of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, is about 350km long and contains a large number of active or recently active volcanoes. Including Paluweh Island, there are at least 12 volcanoes with records of recent activity.
This thesis describes the result of a geochemical study concering the causes and consenquences of a natural form of environmental pollution that is associated with volcanic activity. Concentrations of chemical elemetns strongly exceed common geological background levels in the study area near Patuha volcano, West Java, Indonesia.