The risk of volcanic eruption in mainland Australia

E B Joyce

doi:10.1071/ASEG2006ab079

ISSN: 2202-0586
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oa The risk of volcanic eruption in mainland Australia
Authors E B Joyce^a
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^a School of Earth Scknce, Univetsity of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2006, Issue ASEG2006 - 18th Geophysical Conference, Dec 2006, p. 1 - 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2006ab079
- Published online: 01 Dec 2006

Abstract

The young volcanoes of the Australian mainland are made up of the Newer Volcanic Province of Victoria and southeast South Australia (NVP), and a number of separate provinces in for north Queensland. These volcanic fields are similar in age, and in their numerous scattered scoria and lava cones, extensive basalt flows, and maar/tuff ring eruptions of phreatic origin. Australian volcanologists and seismologists now agree that youthful ages imply the possibility of further activity. A risk and hazard map for the NVP (Joyce 2005) demonstrates that volcanic activity must be considered a serious environmental hazard and risk for the Australian mainland.

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Article Type: Research Article

Keyword(s): Australia; hazard; risk; volcanic

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