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Mapas de los Peligros Potenciales del Volcán Reventador

Maps of the Potential Hazards of Reventador Volcano

Reventador, Ecuador, 2011

Bourquin, J., Samaniego, P., Ramón, P., Bonadonna, C., Kelfoun, K., Vallejo Vargas, S., Hall, P., Mothes, P., LePennec, J.L., & Yepes, H. (2011). Mapas de los Peligros Potenciales del Volcán Reventador. Instituto Geofisico de la Escuela Politecnica Nacional (IG-EPN), Instituto de Recherche pour le Dévoloppement (IRD), & Universidad de Ginebra, Centre d’Etude des Risques Géologiques (CERG). Quito.



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Map Data

Map ID852
Hazard Process(es)Ballistics (text only); Debris avalanches; Gas (text only); Lahars; Lateral or directed blasts (text only); Lava flows; PDCs; Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are separated by hazard process type on a main map and series of insets
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatMap sheet or poster
Zonation Method(s)Probabilistic modeling; Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983); LAHARZ or modified version (such as PFZ) (Iverson et al. 1998; Schilling 1998; Schilling 2014); Tephra2 (Bonadonna et al. 2005; Bonadonna et al. 2010; Connor et al. 2011); VolcFlow (Kelfoun & Druitt 2005)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSeason or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity; Specific past eruption
Hazard Zone Label(s)Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric; Scenario name
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low); Recurrence interval; Scenarios imply probability
PurposeLand-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
AudienceLand-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc.
Language(s)Spanish
Basemap(s)Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)Contour lines
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeDark to Light (color)
Volcanic Alert Level System
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