Satellite observations of lava lake activity at Nyiragongo Volcano, ex-Zaire, during the Rwandan refugee crisis

Disasters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-281

  Oppenheimer, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD; NATURAL HAZARD; REFUGEE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; NYIRAGONGO VOLCANO;

EID: 0032172445     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00091     Document Type: Article

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