Quaternary Volcanoes
Short and uniform information of all Quaternary volcanoes (ca. 2.6 Ma to the present), including active volcanoes
Active Volcanoes
Detailed information of volcanoes which have erupted within the past 10,000 years or with vigorous fumarolic activity
Geologic Map of Volcanoes in Japan (1:200,000) (in Japanese)
Digital geologic map of all terrastrial Quaternary volcanoes in Japanese Islands
Large-scale Eruption Database (in Japanese)
Characteristics, sequences, long-term and short-term precursors, and post-caldera activities of caldera-forming eruptions
Eruption Sequence Database (in Japanese)
Time-sequence of pyroclastic eruptions larger than VEI 5 compiled based on the observation records
Volcanic Ash Database
Database for the microscopic images of volcanic ash particles of representative volcanoes in Japan and world
| Last modified on 25 Jul 2024 |
| First created on 10 May 2013 |
update history (in Japanese)
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