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Mapa Preliminar de Peligros del Volcan Tacana: Flujos Piroclasticos, Flujos de Lodo e Inundaciones, Explosiones Laterales

Preliminary Hazard Map, Tacana Volcano: Pyroclastic Flows, Muflows and Floods, Lateral Blasts

Tacaná, Mexico-Guatemala, 1992

Figure 7 in: Mercado, R., & Rose, W.I. (1992). Reconocimiento geologico y evaluación preliminar de peligrosidad del volcán Tacaná, Guatemala/Mexico. Geophysics International, 31 (3). p. 205-237



This hazard map is the result of scientific research and was published in academic literature. It is presented here to serve as an example of the map type or the map-making methodology. It is NOT the official, operational map. For the current operational hazard map, please consult the proper institutional authorities.


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Map Set

Mercado, R., & Rose, W.I. (1992). Reconocimiento geologico y evaluación preliminar de peligrosidad del volcán Tacaná, Guatemala/Mexico. Geophysics International, 31 (3). p. 205-237
https://web.archive.org/web/20220629162946/http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1126/1105

Other Maps In Set:

Map Data

Map ID3340
Hazard Process(es)Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Lateral or directed blasts; PDCs
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are 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 journal article
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSource location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)Hazard process name
Probability Definition(s)No probability definition was discernable from the map
PurposeScientific interest: Intended for scientific research and general scientific interest; usually published in academic journals
AudienceScientists (usually in scientific publication)
Language(s)English; Spanish
Basemap(s)Contour lines
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeSymbols and/or lines only
Volcanic Alert Level System
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