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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 ID3890
Hazard Process(es)Lava flows
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatMap sheet or poster
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredHypothetical location
Hazard Zone Label(s)Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric
Probability Definition(s)No probability definition was discernable from the map
PurposeLand-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
AudienceLand-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc.
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Street map
Basemap overlay(s)Infrastructure map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeDark to Light (color)
Volcanic Alert Level System
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