El Chichon's
During one week (28 March-4 April 1982), three powerful explosive eruptions (VEI 5) of El Chichón Volcano caused the worst volcanic disaster in Mexico’s recorded history. Pyroclastic flows and surges obliterated nine villages, killing about 2,000 people, and ashfalls downwind posed socio-economic ha...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Geofísica Internacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/2009/01/1tilling.pdf |