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.
Kompleks Volkanik Ijen berada di Kabupaten Banyuwangi, Jawa Timur, Indonesia, terdiri dari kaldera besar dengan luas 252 km, yang di dalamnya terdapat lebih dari 15 pusat erupsi. Diantara pusat erupsi tersebut, Kawah Ijen merupakan satu-satunya pusat erupsi yang masih aktif.
Extreme envinroments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents, hypersaline salt flats, deserts and the planet Mars, are designated as chic sites for investigation, while normal is passe (Rothschild and Macinelli 2001). Research in these life -at-the-edge environments focuses on properties and mechanisms that ensure viability under extreme conditions. Among the system receiving considerable attentio…