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Volcán Galeras, Caida de Piroclásticos: Ceniza y Lapilli

Galeras Volcano, Pyroclastic Fall: Ash and Lapilli

Galeras, Colombia, 2015

Figure 14 in: Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) Direccion de Geoamenazas. (2015). Implementación de Herramientas Computacionales para la Simulación de Fenómenos Volcánicos, Como Soporte en la Actualización del Mapa de Amenaza del Volcánica Del Volcán Galeras – Colombia, Informe Técnico de Simulaciones. En cumplimiento a la Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional T-269 de 2015.



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Map Set

Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) Direccion de Geoamenazas. (2015). Actualización del Mapa de Amenaza Volcánica del Volcán Galeras - Colombia. En cumplimiento a la Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional T-269 de 2015.
http://recordcenter.sgc.gov.co/B22/MapaAmenazaGaleras2015/Documento/Memorias/Memoria_Actualizacion_Mapa_AmenazaVolcanica_VGaleras.pdf

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Map Data

Map ID1264
Hazard Process(es)Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleRegional
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Probabilistic modeling
Zonation Model(s)Tephra2 (Bonadonna et al. 2005; Bonadonna et al. 2010; Connor et al. 2011)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSeason or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity
Hazard Zone Label(s)Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric
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)Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeRed to Yellow
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