El Chichón's "surprise" eruption in 1982: Lessons for reducing volcano risk

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-19

  Tilling, R I ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Chich n Volcano; Risk reduction; Volcanic emergency management; Volcano hazards

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; NATURAL DISASTER; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHIAPAS; EL CHICHON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TABASCO;

EID: 70350351354     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2009.48.1.96     Document Type: Article

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