Usage of an early warning and information system Web-site for real-time seismicity in Iceland

Natural Hazards

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-94

  Bird, Deanne ^a   Roberts, Matthew J ^b   Dominey Howes, Dale ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early warning; Iceland; Seismicity; Web site usage

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NATURAL HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; REYKJAVIK; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 51549116961     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9198-y     Document Type: Article

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