A volcanic dam is a type of natural dam produced directly or indirectly by volcanism, which holds or temporarily restricts the flow of surface water in existing streams, like a man-made dam. There are two main types of volcanic dams, those created by the flow of molten lava, and those created by the primary or secondary deposition of pyroclastic material and debris. This classification generally excludes other, often larger and longer lived dam-type geologic features, separately termed crater lakes, although these volcanic centers may be associated with the source of material for volcanic dams, and the lowest portion of its confining rim may be considered as such a dam, especially if the lake level within the crater is relatively high.
Volcanic dams generally occur world-wide, in association with former and active volcanic provinces, and are known to have existed in the geologic record, in historic times and occur in the present day. Their removal or failure is similarly recorded. The longevity, and extent varies widely, having periods ranging from a few days, weeks or years to several hundred thousand years or more, and dimensions ranging from a few meters to hundreds, to several thousand.
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The vew from atop Urayama Dam in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture, Japan, can be a dizzying sight ... The walkway across the top of the dam breast is dotted with small monuments, including a mallet sculpted from hardened volcanic ash.
The PVMBG recommended monitoring the development of the volcanic material flow, especially in the upstream rivers of Mount Marapi... The PVMBG also suggested immediately building a check dam to control the volcanic material flow.
Marapi's volcanic materials will not directly flow into residential ...Besides preventing cold lava flows, check dams can hold volcanic materials, which can serve as an economic source for the community.
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The system is meant to signal danger from all kinds of threats, including wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, dam breaches, military attacks, terrorist threats and hazardous material incidents.
The system is meant to signal danger from all kinds of threats, including wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, dam breaches, military attacks, terrorist threats and hazardous material incidents.
“And the dams will be gone.” ... The world’s largest dam removal project is now underway on the Klamath River...Highway 96 unfurls along the river from the dry volcanic slopes downstream of the dams to wooded canyons downriver.
“And the dams will be gone.” ... The world’s largest dam removal project is now underway on the Klamath River...Highway 96 unfurls along the river from the dry volcanic slopes downstream of the dams to wooded canyons downriver.
... concrete delivery techniques that he used to build large dams like Hoover Dam and later Kennett Dam, which was eventually renamed “Shasta” after the nearby over 14,000-foot volcanic mountain.
A website maintained by Maui County says the system is meant to warn of "both natural and human-caused events; including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic ...
“The all-hazard siren system can be used for a variety of both natural and human-caused events; including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist ...
... events, including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist threats and hazardous material incidents, according to the HawaiiEmergency ManagementAgency.
... events, including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist threats and hazardous material incidents, according to the HawaiiEmergency ManagementAgency.
The dam’s removal won’t resolve a growing water crisis ... When the dams fall. On an early March day, pickups blazed down crumbling county roads atop the sticky volcanic muck leading to two dams on the Klamath.
