Multiple edifice-collapse events in the Eastern Mexican Volcanic Belt: The role of sloping substrate and implications for hazard assessment

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 151-176

  Carrasco Núñez, Gerardo ^a   Díaz Castellón, Rodolfo ^a   Siebert, Lee ^b   Hubbard, Bernard ^c   Sheridan, Michael F ^d   Rodríguez, Sergio Raúl ^e,f  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e Instituto de Geologia   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

debris avalanche; edifice collapse; instability; Mexican Volcanic Belt; volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; EDIFICE-COLLAPSE EVENTS; MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

VOLCANOES;

BASEMENT ROCK; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGMA; VOLCANO;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PICO DE ORIZABA; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; VERACRUZ;

EID: 33750104558     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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