India’s only Volcano in Andaman & Nicobar Island Active Again

India’s only Volcano (ज्वालामुखी पर्वत) in Andaman & Nicobar Island Active Again

A team of scientists led by Abhay Mudholkar, from CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (समुद्र विज्ञान) (CSIR-NIO) in Goa on February 17, 2017 informed that India’s only live volcano in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has started erupting(फूटना)  smoke and lava again. The volcano of

Barren Island last erupted in 1991 after lying dormant (निष्क्रिय)  for 150 years. Again the volcano has started showing sporadic(छिटपुट)  activity in small intervals of 5-10 minutes.   As per the scientists, during the day only ash clouds were observed, but after sunset red lava foundations were erupting from the crater into the atmosphere and hot lava streamed down the slopes.

Researchers from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and NIO have sampled sediments and water nearby and recovered coal-like black pyroclastic material representing proximal volcanic ejecta(उत्सर्ग) . 

 These samples will help in interpret(व्याख्या)  the nature of present and past volcanic activity in the region.