Potential 1 km³ Lava Flows From Hypothetically Located Eruption Fissures Within The Tungná Fissure Swarm, South Central Iceland Rift Zone
Vatnaöldur Fissure (Bárðarbunga), Iceland, 1988
Sheet 2 in: Imsland, P. (1988). Volcanic Hazard Map Series. Potential 1 km³ lava flows from hypothetically located eruption fissures within the Tungná Fissure Swarm, South Central Iceland Rift Zone (five sheets). 1:100,000. Nordic Volcanological Institute and National Power Company, Reykjavik. (Simplified from: Imsland. P., 1987. Volcanic Hazards Map: Potential Lawa Flows from hypothetically located Eruption Fissures within the Tungná Fissure Swarm. South Central Iceland Rift Zone. (six sheets in a 1:50,000 scale with 5 m contour interval).
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Map Data
Map ID 3890 Hazard Process(es) Lava flows Hazard Zone Presentation Single hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel Temporal Scale Background, or long-term, map Spatial Scale Volcano and surrounding area Publication Format Map sheet or poster Zonation Method(s) Geologic history Zonation Model(s) Scenario(s) Considered Hypothetical location Hazard Zone Label(s) Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric Probability Definition(s) No probability definition was discernable from the map Purpose Land-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development Audience Land-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc. Language(s) English Basemap(s) Street map Basemap overlay(s) Infrastructure map Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Dark to Light (color)