Volcanic fatalities database: analysis of volcanic threat with distance and victim classification

Abstract Volcanoes can produce far-reaching hazards that extend distances of tens or hundreds of kilometres in large eruptions, or in certain conditions for smaller eruptions. About a tenth of the world’s population lives within the potential footprint of volcanic hazards and lives are regularly los...

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Main Authors: Sarah K. Brown, Susanna F. Jenkins, R. Stephen J. Sparks, Henry Odbert, Melanie R. Auker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Applied Volcanology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13617-017-0067-4