Volcanic activity: Frontiers and challenges in forecasting, prediction and risk assessment

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 150, Issue , 2004, Pages 359-373

  Sparks, R S J ^a   Aspinall, W P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASPINALL AND ASSOCIATES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040507606     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/150GM28     Document Type: Chapter

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