since 1997.4.2.
* Year is in AD. J means Julian calendar.
* M is Magnitude. It is defined as M = log m - 7, where m is the
mass of magma (tephra and lava) in kg.
REFERENCES:
*Japan Meteorological Agency (1991) Volcanoes in Japan.
(in Japanese)
*Simkin T, Siebert L (1994) Volcanoes of the World. Geoscience
Press, Tucson AZ, 345p.
Please send your comments to:
mailing list tephra
or hayakawa@edu.gunma-u.ac.jp.
Complaints to tephra namings are welcome.