Preliminary Volcano-Hazard Assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
Great Sitkin, United States, 2003
Plate 1 in: Waythomas, C.F., Miller, T.P. & Nye, C.J. (2003). Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 03-112, 25 p., 1 plate. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr03112
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Map Data
Map ID 570 Hazard Process(es) Debris avalanches; Gas; Lahars; Lateral or directed blasts; Lava dome-related hazards; PDCs; Tephra fall Hazard Zone Presentation Hazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are separated by hazard process type on a series of small map panels of similar sizes Temporal Scale Background, or long-term, map Spatial Scale Island Publication Format Poster-style map insert in hazard assessment Zonation Method(s) Analog geology; Geologic history; Scenario modeling Zonation Model(s) Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983) Scenario(s) Considered Analog volcano(es); Season or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity; Worst-case Hazard Zone Label(s) Hazard process name; Scenario name Probability Definition(s) Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low); Scenarios imply probability Purpose Multiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management Audience Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners) Language(s) English Basemap(s) Contour lines Basemap overlay(s) Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Categorical/Qualitative