Earthquakes and volcanoes: Risk from geophysical hazards

Handbook of Risk Theory: Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, and Social Implications of Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 341-371

  Donovan, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1433-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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