Large-volume volcanic edifi ce failures in Central America and associated hazards

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 412, Issue 412, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Siebert, Lee ^a   Alvarado, Guillermo E ^b   Vallance, James W ^c   Van Wyk De Vries, Benjamin ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Central America; Debris avalanche; Hazards; Volcano collapse

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; RISKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEBRIS AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; HIGH IMPACT EVENTS; LOWER PROBABILITIES; MAN-MADE LAKES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS;

VOLCANOES;

COLLAPSE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; ELEVATION; HOLOCENE; ISLAND ARC; NATURAL HAZARD; PROBABILITY; SUBSTRATE; VOLCANO;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 72449141734     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2412(01)     Document Type: Article

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