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An example of health hazard: People killed by gas during a phreatic eruption: Diëng plateau (Java, Indonesia), February 20th 1979

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On February 20th, 1979, 142 inhabitants of Dieng Plateau (Indonesia) were asphyxiated by poisonous gases during a mild phreatic eruption. From later fields gas collection and analysis, the casualties are considered to be due to CO2 rich volcanic gases.

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  1. C.F.R. — Lab. mixte CNRS-CEA, Domaine du CNR, 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France

    F. Le Guern

  2. Commissariat à l’Etude et à la Prévention des Risques naturels majeurs, 25 av. Charles Floquet, 75700, Paris, France

    H. Tazieff

  3. L.E.E.M.S. C.E.N.G., av. des Martyrs, B.P. 85, 38041, Grenoble, France

    R. Faivre Pierret

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Le Guern, F., Tazieff, H. & Pierret, R.F. An example of health hazard: People killed by gas during a phreatic eruption: Diëng plateau (Java, Indonesia), February 20th 1979. Bull Volcanol 45, 153–156 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600430

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