International Volcano Research Centre Apache Junction, Arizona USA For The Month of: MAY, 2008

What's New at The INTLVRC This Month .......

The opportunity to be placed on our Distribution List of replies to questions asked about volcanoes continues !! It is part of the INTLVRC's "Educational Outreach" programme. Several persons have availed themselves of this feature. If you would like to avail yourself of this programme, simply e-mail us at swvrc@usa.net or intlvrc-swvrc@usa.net , state your request, and we'll put you on the list !

News Concerning INTLVRC Personnel --

As of 1 May 2008,

INTLVRC's Principal Research Geochemist, Dr. Jean-Paul Toutain, is on an expedition to TAAL volcano in the Philippines were some CO₂ and soil temperature tests will be conducted.

INTLVRC's Principal Research Volcanologist, Dr. R. B. Trombley, participated in two expeditions last April. One to the SUPERSTITIONS (Canyon Lake), near Apache Junction, AZ, USA and the other to the lower Colorado Plateau near central Arizona to collect lava samples. He will be participating in expeditions to HUMPREYS PEAK & SUNSET CRATER this May to perform some GPS and magnetometer measurements. Lastly, Dr. R. B. prepares for an expedition to CAPULIN CRATER in New Mexico in the USA next June.

INTLVRC's Phil "Tuff" Andersen, Principal of Computer Operations, stands by for computer operational assignments.

INTLVRC's Principal Software Engineer, Florin V. Ivan, stands by for software engineering needs as necessary.

INTLVRC's Volcano Technician, Jacob E. White, participated in two expeditions last April. One to the SUPERSTITIONS (Canyon Lake), near Apache Junction, AZ, USA and the other to the lower Colorado Plateau near central Arizona to collect lava samples. He will be participating in expeditions to HUMPREYS PEAK & SUNSET CRATER this May to perform some GPS and magnetometer measurements. Lastly, Jakob prepares for an expedition to CAPULIN CRATER in New Mexico in the USA next June.

INTLVRC's Senior Technical Assistant, Andy R. Morckel, participated in an expedition to the SUPERSTITIONS (Canyon Lake), near Apache Junction, AZ, USA last month. He will be participating in expeditions to HUMPREYS PEAK & SUNSET CRATER this May to perform some GPS and magnetometer measurements. Lastly, Andy prepares for an expedition to CAPULIN CRATER in New Mexico in the USA next June.

In April, there were 25 questions and/or photo requests that were submitted for a total of 73 for the year 2008. All questions and requests were answered within 24 hours of receipt.

The volcano selected for the month of May as the "Volcano Of The Month" is volcano MUNDUA. A complex volcano in New Britain, in the PNG !

The following is a recap accounting for the month of April , for new eruptions and/or confirmations of eruptions and/or re-eruptions that have been to reported to INTLVRC of the volcano types that INTLVRC monitors and forecasts. INTLVRC receives conformation of eruptions from the Global Volcanism Network (GVN) and other volcano reporting agencies & facilities from around the world.

• Continuing eruptions: The following volcanoes were erupting continuously and/or sporadically during the month of April .
  1. Volcano ARENAL, in Costa Rica, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  2. Volcano Mt. EREBUS, in Antarctica, was basically in continuous eruption.
  3. Volcano YASUR, in Vanuatu in the So. Pacific, was basically in continuous eruption.
  4. Volcano KILAUEA, in Hawaii, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  5. Volcano POPOCATEPETL, in Mexico, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  6. Volcano COLIMA, in Mexico, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  7. Volcano STROMBOLI, in Italy, was basically in continuous eruption.
  8. Volcano TUNGURAHUA, in Ecuador, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  9. Volcano BEZYMIANNY, in Kamchatka (Russia), erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  10. Volcano SHEVELUCH, in Kamchatka (Russia), erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  11. Volcano KARYMSKY, in Kamchatka (Russia), erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  12. Volcano PACAYA, in Guatemala, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  13. Volcano FUEGO, in Guatemala, erupted from time-to-time during the month.
  14. Volcano SANTA MARIA, in Guatemala, erupted from time-to-time during the month.

• Re-Eruptions:
  1. Volcano SAKURA-JIMA, in Japan re-erupted on the 16th of April.
  2. Volcano SUWANOSE-JIMA, in Japan re-erupted on the 19th of April.

• New Eruptions:
  1. Volcano IBU, in Halmahera (Indonesia), had an ash eruption on the 4th of April.
  2. Volcano EGON, in Indonesia, had an ash & phreatic eruption on the 15th of April.

As many of our visitors are aware, we here at INTLVRC offer and encourage the opportunity to ask questions and make other inquiries relative to volcanoes. We try to answer them within 24 hours. As an additional feature, relative to our overall global "Educational Outreach" programme, we are now giving our website visitors the opportunity to be placed on our distribution list for replies to those questions. Therefore, if you wish to be placed on our question reply distribution list, simply e-mail us at swvrc@usa.net or intlvrc-swvrc@usa.net telling us to put you on our distribution list and we'll do it ! Comments, suggestions, etc. are also welcome !

ERUPTION Pro 10.7 is widely used throughout the world. Some of our more prominent users, who have used this software, are members of the

• National Geographic Society (NGS)
• Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)
• Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO)
• Laboratoire de Geochimie de Université Paul Sabatier
• Open University
• Arizona State University (ASU)
• University of Rhode Island (URI)
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma México (UNAM)
• National Hurricane Center
• Luther College
• DeVRY, Inc.
• Société Volcanologique Européen (SVE)
• Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) and
• Several individual users.

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