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Integrated volcanic hazard zones for Scenario 2a: Dome forming eruption from the Plat Pays volcanic complex, vent at Morne Canot

Morne Plat Pays, Dominica, 2005

Page 22 in: Lindsay, J.M., Smith, A.L., Roobol, M.J., & Stasiuk, M.V. (2005). Dominica. Volcanic hazard atlas of the Lesser Antilles. 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. 2-47



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Map Set

Lindsay, J.M., Smith, A.L., Roobol, M.J., & Stasiuk, M.V. (2005). Dominica. Volcanic hazard atlas of the Lesser Antilles. 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. 2-47
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Map Data

Map ID478
Hazard Process(es)Ballistics; Lahars; PDCs; Surges; Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleIsland
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredStyle 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)
PurposeMultiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management
AudienceMultiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeRed to Green
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