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	Merapi, Java, Indonesia
		Merapi is a stratovolcano with an active summit lava dome.
		Merapi is closely monitored by the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia.
		In late November of 1994, collapse of a lava dome at Merapi generated pyroclastic flows and surges that travelled as far as 5 miles (7.5 km) from the summit.
	volcano.und.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/merapi.html (351 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Merapi \| Summary
		Merapi, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, lies in one of the world's most densely populated areas and dominates the landscape immediately north of the major city of Yogyakarta.
		Merapi is the youngest and southernmost of a volcanic chain extending NNW to Ungaran volcano.
		Subsequently growth of the steep-sided Young Merapi edifice, its upper part unvegetated due to frequent eruptive activity, began SW of the earlier collapse scarp.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-25= (186 words)

	Merapi Volcano, Indonesia - John Seach
		Merapi volcano is one of the world's most active and dangerous volcano.
		Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia and has produced more pyroclastic flows than any other volcano in the world.
		The active lava dome of Merapi is on the left of the photo 50m below the summit.
	www.volcanolive.com /merapi.html (194 words)

	Merapi, Java, Indonesia
		Merapi stratovolcano in central Java is capped by an unvegetated, growing lava-dome complex.
		Merapi is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes.
		Merapi is located ~30 km immediately north of Yogyakarta, a city with a population of 500,000.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/current_volcs/merapi/merapi.html (598 words)

	Mt. Merapi, Central Java - Joglosemar Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But Merapi does not act always as "a bad guy", most of the time "it is a good guy", handsomely gives tremendous fertility to the land, stands strongly guarding the nature
		When Merapi erupted in the morning July 11, 1998, about 3 million cubic meters of volcanic ash and toxic debris have been spewed from the crater.
		The climbers to those five mountains: Lawu, Merapi, Merbabu, Sumbing and Sindoro are Tono Indroyanto and his friends, students from University of Muhammadiyah, Surakarta.
	www.joglosemar.co.id /mt_merapi.html (1445 words)

	Eruption of Gunong Merapi, Indonesia
		Mount Merapi has a history of violent eruptions that led to its designation as one of the "Decade Volcanoes." These volcanoes have been identified by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior as requiring special study because of the danger they pose to populated regions.
		Mount Merapi is monitored by the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia, which mans seven volcano observatory stations on the mountain.
		In the case of Merapi, we have learned that a volcano that has been active in one area does not always continue to erupt in the same area.
	hvo.wr.usgs.gov /volcanowatch/1994/94_11_25.html (698 words)

	news.indahnesia.com - Events - Restless Mount Merapi - Discover Indonesia Online
		Merapi in central Java, near the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta, is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the Pacific "Ring of Fire".
		Mount Merapi, which is about 60 kilometers from the center of the May 27 earthquake near the city of Yogyakarta, has been emitting more gas, lava and ash in recent days, according to Agus Sampurno, officer at the Volcano Development and Research in Yogyakarta.
		Merapi, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, dominates the landscape immediately north of the city of Yogyakarta in one of the world's most densely populated areas.
	news.indahnesia.com /event/40/mount_merapi_to_erupt_soon.php (1204 words)

	Merapi Volcano Monitoring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Seismological monitoring on Merapi volcano started in 1924 when a mechanical seismograph, Wiechert, was installed at a distance of 9 km to the west of the volcano using this seismograph, Van Padang detected an increase of seismic activity prior to eruption in December 18 1930.
		In the case of Merapi, the angle and the slope distances are measured by WILD Theodolite T-2 and WILD EDM DI3000.
		As the direction of pyroclastic flows depends strongly on summit morphology and the condition and the position of the dome, visual observation of the summit and the dome is undertaken by the Merapi Volcano Observatory.
	www.ipgp.jussieu.fr /~beaudu/vsi/monitor.html (4397 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Java volcano activity increases
		Subandriyo, a vulcanologist on Merapi, told the BBC that he now believes the volcano is in the early stages of an eruption, adding that it was not possible to predict "when it will reach its peak".
		Merapi, which means "mountain of fire", is one of the most fearsome volcanoes in the Pacific "Ring of Fire".
		I visited mount Merapi several times before the eruption, I have the impression that the future serious suffering of the people in the surrounding will be due to the lowering of the subsoil water table, particularly for the people who live from agriculture.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4771459.stm (1777 words)

	After quake, fears grow that Merapi will erupt - indonesia, merapi, volcano - Asia - Pacific - International Herald ...
		Subandriyo, head of the Merapi division for the Volcanology Center in Yogyakarta, who has been watching the mountain now for 10 years, said that given the current activity, it was unlikely Merapi would settle down without some sort of eruption.
		One of Merapi's most serious threats are the hot gases, which escape the mountain's vents several times a day.
		Merapi first unleashed in grand form on May 15, when several large clouds of sulfuric gas poured out of its crater, sending villagers running for their lives and blanketing the volcano's southern and western slopes with ash.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/06/05/asia/web.0605merapi.php (1031 words)

	Merapi Burns to Death Two Men Hiding in Underground Bunker \| Asian American Daily \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was not immediately clear whether the bunker, one of several which dot Merapi's slopes, was designed to shield people from extreme heat and malfunctioned, or was built only to protect those inside from light showers of volcanic debris.
		Scientists had thought that the 3,000-meter (9,700-foot) Merapi was calming down after weeks of activity, but violent eruptions Wednesday led to the re-evacuation of thousands of villagers and the government again put the peak on its highest alert level.
		Merapi, the most active of 129 live volcanoes in Indonesia, sent out a deadly cloud of gas that incinerated 60 people in 1994, and about 1,300 people died in a 1930 eruption.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/606/16merapi.html (612 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Writethru: Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts
		Hot clouds again billowed down the slope of Mount Merapi Thursday morning over a distance of five kilometers in the direction of the upper reach of Gendol River, thus burning down northern part of Kaliadem forest area in the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta.
		Mt Merapi for the first time in its near-eruption period threw up glowing lava which slid down the crater's western slopes over a distance of 2.5 kilometers on June 1.
		Merapi, located between Yogyakarta and Central Java Province, about 450 kilometers southeast of Jakarta, is one of the 65 volcanoes listed as the most dangerous in Indonesia.
	english.people.com.cn /200606/08/eng20060608_272116.html (801 words)

	Indonesia's Merapi guardian walks to placate volcano - Boston.com
		Merapi will not hurt the residents, but the residents must look after the mountain and not take everything they want greedily," the jovial Maridjan told reporters during the walk, which ended in the early hours of Friday.
		The ritual to soothe the angry Merapi kicked off in Kinahrejo, a sleepy village dotted with pine trees lying about six kilometers (four miles) from the volcano's peak, which for weeks has been sporadically spewing clouds of hot gas and ash into the air, and spills of red hot lava.
		"Merapi seems calm again today, so there are many people, especially men, returning to their homes to clean the ash from their crops," Riyoto Suwarjo, a Central Java rescue unit official, told Reuters.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/05/19/indonesias_merapi_guardian_walks_to_placate_volcano (649 words)

	Merapi evacuations accelerate - World - smh.com.au
		Merapi is one of the most active volcanos on the Pacific's "Ring of Fire" and is located in densely populated central Java.
		Nearly 3000 villagers were moved from Merapi's slopes at the weekend, after the Government raised its eruption alert to its highest level and the Vice-President, Jusuf Kalla, visited the mountain to urge locals to leave.
		Merapi, or "Fire Mountain", has been threatening to erupt for weeks, with lava and gas clouds flowing from its crater ; during the past three days.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/evacuations-accelerate-as-merapis-lethal-show-intensifies/2006/05/15/1147545265718.html (607 words)

	Mount Merapi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi in Indonesian language, is a conical volcano in Central Java, Indonesia.
		Merapi is the youngest in a group of volcanoes in southern Java.
		Merapi continues to hold particular significance for the Javanese: it is one of four places where officials from the royal palaces of Java's Yogyakarta and Solo make annual offerings to placate the ancient Javanese spirits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Merapi,_Central_Java (1308 words)

	Thousands flee as Java volcano threatens to blow \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Thousands of Indonesians living on the slopes of Mount Merapi yesterday moved to refugee camps as the amount of poisonous smoke and gas spewing out of the rumbling volcano increased significantly.
		But thousands more, fearing their property and livestock might be stolen, refused to budge despite the authorities putting the volcano on the highest alert and warning that a major eruption was imminent, although impossible to predict precisely.
		Merapi is one of the world's most active volcanoes.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,,1774821,00.html (540 words)

	IGM - Volcano Merapi
		The investigation of the structure and the temporal behaviour of volcanoes and the eruption forecast are the targets of the "Decade Volcano" project.
		Merapi is one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes of the world.
		The aim of the MERAPI project is to give a broad, integrated knowledge for an improved forecast of eruptions of Mt. Merapi.
	www.uni-koeln.de /math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/ageo/merapi/merapi_en.html (1135 words)

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