Ebook: Active volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala

Part I: Piton de la Fournaise Volcan. 1. A brief history of the observation of Piton de la Fournaise central area -- 2. Geodynamic setting of La Réunion Island -- 3. The construction of La Réunion Island -- 4. Geology and morphostructure of Piton de la Fournaise -- 5. Groundwater Resources on Active Basaltic Volcanoes: Conceptual Models from La Réunion Island and Grande Comore -- 6. Erosion and volcaniclastic sedimentation at Piton de La Fournaise: from source to deep marine environment -- 7. Magma paths at Piton de la Fournaise volcano -- 8. Pre-historic (<5 kiloyear) explosive activity at Piton de la Fournaise volcano -- 9. Fifteen years of intense eruptive activity (1998-2013) at Piton de La Fournaise volcano (La Réunion): A review -- 10. Petrological and experimental constraints on the Evolution of Piton de la Fournaise Magmas -- 11. A review of the recent geochemical evolution of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Réunion Island (1927-2010) -- 12. Magma degassing at Piton de la Fournaise volcano -- 13. Seismic Monitoring at Piton de la Fournaise -- 14. Static and dynamic seismic imaging of Piton de la Fournaise -- 15. Ground deformation at Piton de la Fournaise (La Reunion Island), a review from 20 years of GNSS monitoring -- 16. The March-April 2007 eruptions of Piton de la Fournaise as recorded by interferometric data -- 17. Contribution of tiltmeters and extensometers to monitor Piton de la Fournaise activity -- 18. A Geographical Information System for mapping eruption risk at Piton de la Fournaise -- 19. Perception of risk for volcanic hazard in Indian Ocean: La Réunion Island case study -- 20. Volcanological Map of the Plaine des Sables, Piton de la Fournaise -- Part II: Karthala Volcano. 21. The volcanism of the Comores archipelago integrated at a regional scale -- 22. Structure and eruptive history of Karthala Volcano -- 23. Geochemical and Petrological aspects of Karthala -- 24. Groundwater prospection in Grande Comore Island -- Joint contribution of geophysical methods, hydrogeological times-series analysis and groundwater modelling -- 25. Volcanic risk and crisis management on Grande Comore island -- Index;This book examines Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala, two shield volcanoes. It presents geological, geophysical, geochemical and petrological aspects as well as studies on physical geography, natural hazards and the sociological and behavioural approaches.