Asep Wildan

Asep Wildan (* Bandung ; † July 27, 2000 at Semeru ) was an Indonesian volcanologist and geophysicist .

He graduated with a degree in physics from the Bandung Teknologi Institute in his hometown. Since 1993 he has worked for the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (VSI), most recently in the East Java branch , whose area of ​​responsibility also included Bali . In this role he made a major contribution to volcanic research and the further development of monitoring programs. In addition, he regularly provided intensive support to international teams of scientists during their excursions to Semeru . In 1998, Wildan was one of eight participants in the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) annual Group Training Course , organized as part of the Decade to Reduce Natural Disasters .

Following an IAVCEI conference, Wildan and several other volcanologists climbed the Semeru in the summer of 2000, which showed smaller steam and ash explosions. At 6:31 a.m. on July 27, there was a more powerful eruption. It didn't even last a minute, but it shifted quickly and released volcanic bombs . Wildan and his VSI colleague Mukti were hit in the head and fatally injured. Other members of the group included Michael Ramsey from the University of Pittsburgh , Paul Kimberly and Lee Siebert from the Smithsonian Institution, and student Amit Mushkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Asep Wildan left behind his wife and daughter.

Publications (selection)

• Wildan, A. et al. : Characteristics of earthquake swarm at some volcanoes in Indonesia. Hypocenter and focal mechanism of volcanic earthquakes at Slamet , Gede and Papandayan . Final Report of volcanology and Sabo Engineering course, JICA, September 1998.
• Wildan, A. et al .: Source mechanisms of volcanic earthquakes at some volcanoes in Indonesia . In: Proceeding of research meeting of DPRI, Kyoto Univ. , 13K-02, Magmatic activity and volcanic earthquakes / tremors . 2001, pages 47-52.

References and comments

1. ^ Obituary for Wildan and Mukti . Retrieved from volcano.si.edu ( Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program ) on March 16, 2015.
2. ↑ List of participants in all courses in the JICA Group Training Course . Retrieved from sabo-int.org on March 16, 2015
3. ↑ IAVCEI News, № 1, 2001, page 4. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved from iavcei.org on March 16, 2015  

1. ↑ In some cases, July 26th is also mentioned as the day of the deadly eruption of Semeru. Excursion participant Michael Ramsey himself, however, speaks in an article he wrote for the IAVCEI newsletter ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated July 27, so that date is used here.