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Predicted Ashfall Area for a Tongariro eruption at 0600 Monday 13 August 2012

Tongariro, New Zealand, 2012

GNS Science. (2012). Volcanic Alert Bulletin TON2012-17. (Reprinted in: Leonard, G. S., Stewart, C., Wilson, T. M., Procter, J. N., Scott, B. J., Keys, H. J., Jolly, G.E., Wardman, J.B., Cronin. S.J. & McBride, S. K. (2014). Integrating multidisciplinary science, modelling and impact data into evolving, syn-event volcanic hazard mapping and communication: a case study from the 2012 Tongariro eruption crisis, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 286, p. 208-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.08.018)



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Map Set

Leonard, G. S., Stewart, C., Wilson, T. M., Procter, J. N., Scott, B. J., Keys, H. J., Jolly, G.E., Wardman, J.B., Cronin. S.J. & McBride, S. K. (2014). Integrating multidisciplinary science, modelling and impact data into evolving, syn-event volcanic hazard mapping and communication: a case study from the 2012 Tongariro eruption crisis, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 286, p. 208-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.08.018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.08.018

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Map Data

Map ID1648
Hazard Process(es)Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleCrisis, or short-term, map (hours to decades)
Spatial ScaleRegional
Publication FormatPart of an information statement, bulletin, or other alert product
Zonation Method(s)Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)ASHFALL (Hurst 1994)
Scenario(s) ConsideredCurrent conditions
Hazard Zone Label(s)Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric
Probability Definition(s)No probability definition was discernable from the map
PurposeCrisis management and response: Intended to be used for managing, responding to, and taking action during an eruption; often includes evacuation routes, access restrictions, actions to take, etc.
AudienceMultiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeDark to Light (greyscale)
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