Residential building and occupant vulnerability to tephra fall

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-494

  Spence, R J S ^a   Kelman, I ^a   Baxter, P J ^b   Zuccaro, G ^c   Petrazzuoli, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 24344508504     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-477-2005     Document Type: Article

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