Observations of tephra fall impacts from the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption, Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 677-698

  Magill, Christina ^a   Wilson, Thomas ^b   Okada, Tetsuya ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eruption; Impacts; Kirishima; Risk; Shinmoedake; Tephra; Volcanic ash; Volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

JAPAN; KYUSHU; MIYAZAKI; MOUNT SHINMOEDAKE;

EID: 84884402436     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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