Reconstruction of high-precision eruption sequences of the Edo era, based on historical documents and preparation of eruption scenarios

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24510245
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Natural disaster science
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: TSUKUI Masashi 千葉大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (50192191)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 噴火履歴 / 噴火推移 / 史料 / 火山防災 / 江戸時代 / 噴火シナリオ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on several big eruptions without modern monitoring data of the Edo era, I aimed to reconstruct their i) precursory and sequence, ii) efforts of community for disaster mitigation and relief, based on historical documents, and iii) prepare fundamental data those contribute to prediction of future eruption and mitigation of their disaster.
During the research period, I published four document collections and overviews of historical eruptions; 1) Usu Volcano (Tsukui, 2013), 2) Hokkaido-Komagatake Volcano (Tsukui, 2014), 3) Oshima-Oshima Volcano (Tsukui, 2016), and 4) Tarumae Volcano (Tsukui, 2017). These publications include detailed and precise eruption-sequences and social activities on the eruptions, and suggestions for future eruptive behavior.

Free Research Field

火山学　火山地質学　自然災害