Tephra hazard assessment at Concepción Volcano, Nicaragua

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 219-220, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-51

  Scaini, C ^a   Folch, A ^a   Navarro, M ^b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER)   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Concepci n volcano; FALL3D model; Probabilistic hazard maps; Tephra fallout

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; AERIAL NAVIGATION; CRITICAL VALUE; DATA SETS; DISPERSION MODELS; ERUPTIVE SCENARIOS; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; FLIGHT LEVELS; GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MAP; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; MITIGATION MEASURES; NICARAGUA; PROBABILISTIC HAZARD MAPS; REFERENCE EVENTS; REGIONAL LEVELS; TEPHRA FALLOUT; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; VOLCANIC ASH CLOUDS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

FALLOUT; HAZARDS;

VOLCANOES;

FALLOUT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEPHRA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

NICARAGUA; OMETEPE; RIVAS;

EID: 84856996505     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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