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Amenaza de Flujos Piroclásticos Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala

Threat of Pyroclastic Flows Santiaguito Volcano, Guatemala

Santiaguito (Santa María), Guatemala, 2003

Figure 26 in: UNESCO, Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH), Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED), Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Facultad de Agronomía (FAUSAC), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Centro de Estudios Superiores de Energía y Minas (CESEM), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Escuela Regional de Ingeniería Sanitaria (ERIS). (2003). Zonificación de Amenazas Naturales en la cuenca del río Samalá y Análisis de vulnerabilidad y riesgo en la población de San Sebastián Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Centro América. Capacity Building for Natural Disaster Reduction (CBNDR) Regional Action Program for Central America (RAPCA). Guatemala, Septiembre 2003.



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Map Data

Map ID3507
Hazard Process(es)PDCs
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScalePart of volcano (flank or drainage)
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983)
Scenario(s) ConsideredAnalog volcano(es); Specific past eruption
Hazard Zone Label(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
PurposeMultiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management
AudienceMultiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)Spanish
Basemap(s)Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)Digital Elevation Model (DEM); Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeRed to Yellow
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