Principles of volcanic risk metrics: Theory and the case study of Mount Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Marzocchi, Warner ^a   Woo, Gordon ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 67649875901     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005908     Document Type: Article

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