Repeated volcanic disasters in Prehispanic time at Popocatépetl, central Mexico: Past key to the future?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Siebe, Claus ^a   Abrams, Michael ^b   Macías, José Luis ^a   Obenholzner, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL MEXICO; CONTINGENCY PLANS; ERUPTIVE HISTORY; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; PLINIAN ERUPTION; SIMILAR PATTERN; URBAN CENTERS; VOLCANIC DISASTERS; HOLOCENES;

VOLCANOES;

ASH FLOW; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAHAR; NATURAL DISASTER; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ASH FALL; MUDFLOW; PUMICE FALL;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; POPOCATEPETL; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; MEXICO; TRANS MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 0029731354     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0399:RVDIPT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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