Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean Piton de la Fournaise
Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala are both shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean. This publication summarizes the work done on these very active basaltic volcanoes. Piton de la Fournaise has a long history of scientific research and monitoring,
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Patrick Bachèlery Jean-François Lénat Andrea Di Muro Laurent Michon Editors
Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala
Active Volcanoes of the World Series editors Corrado Cimarelli, München, Germany Sebastian Müller, Mainz, Germany
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10081
Patrick Bachèlery Jean-François Lénat Andrea Di Muro Laurent Michon •
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Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala
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Editors Patrick Bachèlery Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans Université Blaise Pascal—Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand France
Andrea Di Muro Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Observatory Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris La Plaine des Cafres France
Jean-François Lénat Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans Université Blaise Pascal—Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand France
Laurent Michon Laboratoire GeoSciences University La Réunion Saint-Denis France
ISSN 2195-3589 Active Volcanoes of the World ISBN 978-3-642-31394-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31395-0
ISSN 2195-7029
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ISBN 978-3-642-31395-0
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Preface
The two active volcanoes in the south-west Indian Ocean are Piton de la Fournaise on La Réunion and Karthala on Grande Comore in the Comorian archipelago. This book provides a summary of the geological evolution of these two major volcanoes of the south-western Indian Ocean. Both are classified as basaltic shield volcanoes. Yet if their similarities are many, there are also many differences. Extensive research has been carried on these two volcanoes, their geodynamic and magmatic settings, as well as on the socio-economic consequences of their volcanic
