The critical role of volcano monitoring in risk reduction

Data from volcano-monitoring studies constitute the only scientifically valid basis for short-term forecasts of a future eruption, or of possible changes during an ongoing eruption. Thus, in any effective hazards-mitigation program, a basic strategy in reducing volcano risk is the initiation or augm...

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Main Author: R. I. Tilling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/14/3/2008/adgeo-14-3-2008.pdf