Quantifying uncertainties in the measurement of tephra fall thickness

Journal of Applied Volcanology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Engwell, S L ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a   Aspinall, W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural variance; Observational uncertainty; Tephra thickness

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEPHRA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

EID: 84962097683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21915040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-5040-2-5     Document Type: Article

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