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Volcanic hazard zone at Irazú volcano (modified from Alvarado, 1987) based on the assumption that the eruption take place at or near the vicinity of the active crater

Irazú, Costa Rica, 1993

Figure 1, Page 195 in: Alvarado I., G.E. (1993). Volcanology and Petrology of Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel. PhD Dissertation. 288 p. (Modified from: Alvarado 1987)



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Map Set

Alvarado I., G.E. (1993). Volcanology and Petrology of Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel. PhD Dissertation. 288 p. Simplified from: Mora C., S. (1993). Analysis preliminar de la vulnerabilidad economica de la ciudad de Cartago, a cause de los efectos de una avalancha que transite por el Rio Reventado, Costa Rica. Revista Geologica de America Central, 15, p. 65-80.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327573073_Volcanology_and_Petrology_of_Irazu_Volcano_Costa_Rica

Other Maps In Set:

Map Data

Map ID3245
Hazard Process(es)Ballistics; Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs; Surges; Tephra fall; Vent-opening hazards
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard level- and process-focused: Hazards are both combined by hazard level and separated by hazard process type on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatFigure in a thesis or dissertation
Zonation Method(s)Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSource location or direction; Specific past eruption
Hazard Zone Label(s)Hazard process name; Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
PurposeScientific interest: Intended for scientific research and general scientific interest; usually published in academic journals
AudienceScientists (usually in scientific publication)
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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