Rain-triggered lahars following the 2010 eruption of Merapi volcano, Indonesia: A major risk

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• 作者：Edouard de B¨¦lizal ; Franck Lavigne ; Danang Sri Hadmoko ; Jean-Philippe Degeai ; Gilang Aria Dipayana ; Bachtiar Wahyu Mutaqin ; Muh Aris Marfai ; Marie Coquet ; Baptiste Le Mauff ; Anne-Kyria Robin ; C¨¦line Vidal ; Noer Cholik ; Nurnaning Aisyah
• 关键词：Rain-triggered lahars ; Lahar corridors ; Lahar deposits ; Crisis management ; Merapi volcano
• 刊名：Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：1 July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：261
• 期：Complete
• 页码：330-347
• 全文大小：3828 K

文摘

The 2010 VEI 4 eruption of Merapi volcano deposited roughly ten times the volume of pyroclastic materials of the 1994 and 2006 eruptions, and is recognized as one of the most intense eruption since 1872. However, as the eruptive phase is now over, another threat endangers local communities: rain-triggered lahars. Previous papers on lahars at Merapi presented lahar-related risk following small-scale dome-collapse PDCs. Thus the aim of this study is to provide new insights on lahar-related risk following a large scale VEI 4 eruption. The paper highlights the high number of events (240) during the 2010-2011 rainy season (October 2010-May 2011). The frequency of the 2010-2011 lahars is also the most important ever recorded at Merapi. Lahars occurred in almost all drainages located under the active cone, with runout distances exceeding 15 km. The geomorphic impacts of lahars on the distal slope of the volcano are then explained as they directly threaten houses and infrastructures: creation of large corridors, avulsions, riverbank erosion and riverbed downcutting are detailed through local scale examples. Related damage is also studied: 860 houses damaged, 14 sabo-dams and 21 bridges destroyed. Sedimentological characteristics of volcaniclastic sediments in lahar corridors are presented, with emphasis on the resource in building material that they represent for local communities. Risk studies should not forget that thousands of people are exposing themselves to lahar hazard when they quarry volcaniclastic sediment on lahar corridors. Finally, the efficient community-based crisis management is explained, and shows how local people organize themselves to manage the risk: 3 fatalities were reported, although lahars reached densely populated areas. To summarize, this study provides an update of lahar risk issues at Merapi, with emphasis on the distal slope of the volcano where lahars had not occurred for 40 years, and where lahar corridors were rapidly formed.