Tout commence il y a quatre millards et demi d’annees, dans un escape de vide de notre galaxie, quand un immense nuage chaud de gaz et de poussieres se cree, puis commence a tourner lentement et a se contracter pour donner naissance a une nebuleuse. Peu a peu, sa Vitesse de rotation s’accelere, lui donnant la forme d’un disque.
Buku seri Gunungapi Sulawesi dan Maluku menghimpun informasi tentang gununga api di wilayah Sulawesi dan Maluku. Buku ini hasil kerja tertutlis Badan Geologi yang sejak tahun 2007 menerbitkan buku Album Geologi Indonesia. Dalam buku ini ditampilkan 16 gunung api di Sulawesi dan Maluku. Tiap-tiap gunung diberi keterangan yang meliputi nama, tipe, Lokasi geografis, Lokasi administrative, ketinggi…
On May 18, 1980 after 2 months of local earthquakes and steam eruptions, picturesque Mount St. Helens, a Cascade Range volcano is southwestern Washington, suddenly began a major explosive eruption directed first northward and then upward. The lateral blast, which lasted only the first few minutes of a 9 hour continuous eruption, devastated more than 150 square miles of forest and recreation are…
Los Alamos National Laboratory, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, has been developing geothermal energy technology for nearly 20 years. The technology and experimental verification concepts developed by the Laboratory’s Hot Dry Rock Program have demonstrated tremendous potential for what is now known as heat mining- the creation of a man-made heat-exchange system in hot, fractu…
Quanta fatica, quanta tensione e quanta concentrazione di menti richima queto volcano quando decide di svegliarsi anche solo con un minimo sbuffo, incurante se sia Giorno, notte sul suo stato di attivita e sulle possibili evoluzioni, riescono poi ad essere premiati da spettacoli terrimbili ed irripetibili, magnifici e grandiose, che ci mettono in antatto con I’Unverso.
Ketika Gunung Tambora di Indonesia Meletus pada 1815, terlepaslah gelombang cuaca ekstrem yang paling merusak yang pernah disaksikan dunia dalam ribuan tahun. Awan debu sulfat gunung api itu menyelubungi bumi, menurunkan suhu, serta menganggu sistem-sistem cuaca utama selama lebih dari tiga tahun.
Volcanic activity is one of the main agents responsible for shaping the landscape, environment and climate of planets and moons. On Earth, volcanic eruption can also have catastrophic consequences for human society.
The purpose of the present volume is to overview the state-of-the art in tsunamiite sedimentology and to point out any problems and subjects that need additional investigations, as well as to provide an insight into the direction and potential for future researches.
Sebaran batuan gunung api dan sedimen asal gunung api sangat luas, baik di Indonesia bagian barat maupun Indonesia bagian timur. Akan tetapi, terdapat permasalahan dalam batuan gunung api dan sedimen asal gunung api, salah satunya adalah jarang dijumpainya fosil indeks penunjuk umur dan lingkungan pengendapan.
Most of the Earths mountains, valley and plains have been slowly sculpted by uplift and erosion ever that last million years, and these, in turn, have formed from other landscape long vanished. Volcanoes though, operate on a different time scale.