Mapa de peligros simplificado en el que se muestra las zonas del Cotopaxi que podrían ser afectadas en caso de producirse lujos de lava

Simplified hazard map showing the areas of Cotopaxi that could be affected in the event of lava flows

Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 2005

Figure 14 in: Andrade, D., Hall, M., Mothes, P., Troncoso, L., Eissen, J.-P., Samaniego, P., Egred, J., Ramón, P., Rivero, D., and Yepes, H. (2005). Los peligros volcánicos asociados con el Cotopaxi. Instituto Geofísico Escuela Politécnica Nacional (IG-EPN), Institut de Recherche pour la Développement (IRD), Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-05/010036189.pdf

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Map Set

Andrade, D., Hall, M., Mothes, P., Troncoso, L., Eissen, J.-P., Samaniego, P., Egred, J., Ramón, P., Rivero, D., and Yepes, H. (2005). Los peligros volcánicos asociados con el Cotopaxi. Instituto Geofísico Escuela Politécnica Nacional (IG-EPN), Institut de Recherche pour la Développement (IRD), Corporación Editora Nacional, Quito. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-05/010036189.pdf
https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-05/010036189.pdf

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Map Data

Map ID	3949
Hazard Process(es)	Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs
Hazard Zone Presentation	Grouped by process (e.g. flowage/fall hazards) on a main map panel
Temporal Scale	Background, or long-term, map
Spatial Scale	Volcano and surrounding area
Publication Format	Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)	Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) Considered	Size, VEI, or intensity; Specific past eruption; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Purpose	Land-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
Audience	Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)	Spanish
Basemap(s)	Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Dark to Light (color)
Volcanic Alert Level System

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