Integrated volcanic hazards zones for southern Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) based on eruptive scenarios 1-5

Soufrière Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe [France], 2005

Page 98 in: Komorowski, J.-C., Boudon, G., Michel-Semet, Beauducel, F., Anténor-Habazac, C., Bazin, S., & Hammouya, G. (2005). Guadeloupe. In: Lindsay, J.M., Shepherd, J.B., Robertson, R.E.A., & Ali, S. (Eds) Volcanic hazard atlas of the Lesser Antilles. Seismic Research Unit, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I., p. 68-106.

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Map Set

Komorowski, J.-C., Boudon, G., Michel-Semet, Beauducel, F., Anténor-Habazac, C., Bazin, S., Hammouya, G. (2005). Guadeloupe. In: Lindsay, J.M., Shepherd, J.B., Robertson, R.E.A., & Ali, S. (Eds) Volcanic hazard atlas of the Lesser Antilles. Seismic Research Unit, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I., p. 68-106.
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Other Maps In Set:

Guadeloupe - Integrated Volcanic Hazard Zones for the areas most likely to be affected in the five eruptive scenarios defined for an eruption from a vent on or within 1 km the Soufrière dome and within the S-SW oriented most-recent edifice collapse depression and with the assumption of the presence of easterly trade winds between 0 and 5-8 km altitude

Map Data

Map ID	431
Hazard Process(es)	Ballistics; Debris avalanches; Earthquakes; Gas; Lahars; Lateral or directed blasts; PDCs; Surges; Tephra fall
Hazard Zone Presentation	Hazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel
Temporal Scale	Background, or long-term, map
Spatial Scale	Island
Publication Format	Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)	Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) Considered	Source location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)	Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Purpose	Multiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management
Audience	Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)	English
Basemap(s)	Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)	Street map
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Red to Green

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