A statistical analysis of the global historical volcanic fatalities record

Journal of Applied Volcanology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Auker, Melanie Rose ^a   Sparks, Robert Stephen John ^a   Siebert, Lee ^b   Crosweller, Helen Sian ^a   Ewert, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Population; Volcano Fatality Index; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDEX METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

BAVARIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; INDONESIA; MUNICH; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84962068647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21915040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-5040-2-2     Document Type: Article

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