Post-eruption sediment budget of a small catchment on the Miyakejima volcano, Japan
Post-eruption sediment budget of a small catchment on the Miyakejima volcano, Japan
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日本三宅岛火山小流域喷发后沉积物预算
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2005
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H. Nagura
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Satoshi Tagata;T. Yamakoshi;Y. Doi;K. Sasahara;Haruo Nishimoto;H. Nagura
The Miyakejima volcano erupted in 2000, emitting a massive quantity of fine tephra. The deposition of the tephra encouraged erosion processes. Gullies rapidly developed in the upper slope close to the peak, including the slope of interest in this study. To understand post-eruption erosion processes, an aerial photograph survey and airborne laser scanning survey were conducted. The complementary analysis of the survey data revealed the following: (a) The total volume of the eroded sediment exceeds that of the tephra deposited by the 2000 eruption. The amount eroded in the four years since the eruption was estimated at 470 000 m 3 while the deposition of tephra is estimated at about 370 000 m 3 . (b) Gully erosion was the dominant process on the study slope. It accounted for at least 87% of the total erosion, while rill and sheet erosion represented 5 and 8%, respectively. (c) Gully erosion almost stopped several months after the eruption. (d) The gullies eroded to considerable depths through the new tephra mantle. Almost 80% of the gully-eroded sediment was original soil. (e) The post-eruption erosion rate observed on the upper slope of the Miyakejima volcano was almost the largest of the rates reported in previous studies. This occurs not only because the mountain of the Miyakejima volcano consists of erodible sediment, but also because few studies have documented the erosion rate of the uppermost slope of a volcano in the very early stages of erosion.