Geologic mapping of the Colima volcanic complex (Mexico) and implications for hazard assessment

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 464, Issue , 2010, Pages 249-264

  Cortes A ^a   Garduno V H ^b   Macias J L ^c   Navarro Ochoa, C ^a   Komorowski, J C ^d   Saucedo, R ^e   Gavilanes, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; MAPPING; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; PYROCLASTIC FLOW DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE FAULT; CALDERA; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAVA FLOW; PETROLOGY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

COLIMA; COLIMA VOLCANO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84875668200     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2464(12)     Document Type: Article

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