A fast GIS-based risk assessment for tephra fallout: The example of Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador: Part II: Vulnerability and risk assessment

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 497-521

  Biass, Sebastien ^a   Frischknecht, Corine ^a   Bonadonna, Costanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cotopaxi; Ecuador; GIS; Tephra dispersion; Volcanic hazard; Volcanic risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PLUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

COTOPAXI VOLCANO; ECUADOR;

EID: 84870801087     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0457-1     Document Type: Article

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