A new approach to risk assessment of lava flow at Mount Etna

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1111-1114

  Favalli, Massimiliano ^a   Tarquini, Simone ^a   Fomaciai, Alessandro ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOWS; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MOUNT ETNA; NEW APPROACHES; NEW HIGH; QUANTITATIVE RISK; RISK MAPS; RISK MITIGATION; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

LAND USE; MOUNTINGS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOMETRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; VOLCANOES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

LAVA FLOW; MAPPING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 72149098418     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30187A.1     Document Type: Article

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