Nature Communications (May 2021)

Submarine landslide megablocks show half of Anak Krakatau island failed on December 22nd, 2018

  • J. E. Hunt,
  • D. R. Tappin,
  • S. F. L. Watt,
  • S. Susilohadi,
  • A. Novellino,
  • S. K. Ebmeier,
  • M. Cassidy,
  • S. L. Engwell,
  • S. T. Grilli,
  • M. Hanif,
  • W. S. Priyanto,
  • M. A. Clare,
  • M. Abdurrachman,
  • U. Udrekh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22610-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The authors here present a detailed reconstruction of the landslide mass following the 2018 eruption of Anak Krakatau. Bathymetry data reports the volume of the collapsed submarine flank to be much larger than previously reported.