Modelling the impact of a hypothetical sub-Plinian eruption at La Soufrière of Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 516-528

  Spence, R ^a   Komorowski, J C ^b   Saito, K ^a   Brown, A ^d   Pomonis, A ^d   Toyos, G ^a   Baxter, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

casualties; GIS; Guadeloupe; sub Plinian eruption; volcanic impacts; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; INSULATING MATERIALS; LANTHANUM; MINERALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPREADSHEETS; TURBULENCE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CASUALTIES; GIS; GUADELOUPE; SUB-PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANIC IMPACTS; VULNERABILITY;

MODEL BUILDINGS;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGMATISM; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASSE TERRE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SOUFRIERE;

PLINIA;

EID: 57149090811     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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