Preliminary Volcano Hazard Assessment for Akutan Volcano, East-Cental Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Akutan, United States, 1998
Plate 1 in: Waythomas, C. F., Power, J. A., Richter, D. H. & McGimsey, R. G. (1998). Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Akutan Volcano east-central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 98-360, 36 p., 1 plate. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98360
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Map Data
Map ID 564 Hazard Process(es) Ballistics; Debris avalanches; Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs; Surges; Tephra fall; Vent-opening hazards Hazard Zone Presentation Hazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are separated by hazard process type on a main map and series of insets Temporal Scale Background, or long-term, map Spatial Scale Island Publication Format Poster-style map insert in hazard assessment Zonation Method(s) Geologic history Zonation Model(s) Scenario(s) Considered Most-likely; Season or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity; Source location or direction; Specific past eruption; Style or type Hazard Zone Label(s) Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric; Hazard process name; Scenario name Probability Definition(s) Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low); Scenarios imply probability 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) Contour lines Basemap overlay(s) Diemsionality Planimetric (2D or map) view Color Scheme Categorical/Qualitative