Evaluating suitability of a tephra dispersal model as part of a risk assessment framework

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-404

  Keating, Gordon N ^a   Pelletier, Jon D ^b   Valentine, Greg A ^c   Statham, William ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

numerical modeling; risk assessment; surficial processes; tephra dispersal; tephra redistribution; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LANDFORMS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

NUMERICAL MODELING; SURFICIAL PROCESSES; TEPHRA DISPERSAL; TEPHRA REDISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISPERSION; MANTLE PLUME; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEPHRA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 54049093573     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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