Mitigation of lava flow invasion hazard through optimized barrier configuration aided by numerical simulation: The case of the 2001 Etna eruption

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 16-26

  Scifoni, S ^a   Coltelli, M ^b   Marsella, M ^a   Proietti, C ^b   Napoleoni, Q ^a   Vicari, A ^b   Del Negro, C ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lava flow; Mitigation action; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

BARRIER SYSTEMS; CIVIL PROTECTION; EFFUSION RATES; INPUT DATAS; LAVA FLOWS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION CODE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEST CASE; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; TOPOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

FLOW SIMULATION;

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; GABION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LAVA FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77951025491     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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