Module 1. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Mountain Ranges.pptx
Phivolcanoes
1. Geology and Remote Sensing of
Mt. Pinatubo & Taal Volcanoes,
the Philippines
Peter Mouginis-Mark
University of Hawaii pmm@pgd.hawaii.edu
Work funded by NASA’s
Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program
23. Crossing the sediment-laden streams is a
real challenge! So much sediment is in these
streams that they easily knock you over.
24. Valley erosion can be extreme in places:
Up to 20 m down-cutting during one
typhoon! This mosaic shows the remains of
the 1991 deposit (white unit) that has been
cut by younger flash floods
42. Clark Air Base: RADARSAT
standard beam data set (25 m/pixel)
43. SPOT data of Mt. Pinatubo summit
area soon after the eruption
44. Comparison of
NW Summit
from SPOT data
obtained between
1991 and 1998
Red shows
vegetation,
the ash deposits
are light blue
Summit is at
lower right
45. Changes in Mt. Pinatubo lahar deposits.
Lower Pasig-Potrero River 1991 - 1996