Mapa de los Peligros Volcánicos Potenciales Asociados con el Volcán Chimborazo

Potential Hazards Map of Cayambe Volcano

Chimborazo, Ecuador, 1990

Beate, B., von Hillebrandt, C.G., & Hall, M.L. (1990). Mapa de los Peligros Volcánicos Potenciales Asociados con el Volcán Chimborazo. Instituto Geofisico de la Escuela Politecnica Nacional (IG-EPN), mapa escala 1:50.000. Quito.

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Map Data

Map ID	840
Hazard Process(es)	Debris avalanches; Gas (text only); Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs; Tephra fall
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	Volcano and surrounding area
Publication Format	Map sheet or poster
Zonation Method(s)	Geologic history; Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)	Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983)
Scenario(s) Considered	Size, VEI, or intensity
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Hazard process name; 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)	Spanish
Basemap(s)	Contour lines
Basemap overlay(s)
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Dark to Light (color)
Volcanic Alert Level System

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