Effective natural hazard risk assessment requires the characterisation of both hazards and
vulnerabilities of exposed elements. Volcanic hazard assessment is at an advanced state …

Volcanic air pollution from both explosive and effusive activity can affect large populations
as far as thousands of kilometers away from the source, for days to decades or even …

Volcanic eruptions can produce a wide range of hazards. Although phenomena such as
pyroclastic flows and surges, sector collapses, lahars and ballistic blocks are the most …

The Earth's history is punctuated by large explosive eruptions that eject large quantities of
magma and silicate rock fragments into the atmosphere. These tephra particles can …

Iceland has the largest area of volcaniclastic sandy desert on Earth or 22,000 km 2. The
sand has been mostly produced by glacio-fluvial processes, leaving behind fine-grained …

This paper presents structured and cost-effective methods for assessing the physical
vulnerability of at-risk communities to the range of volcanic hazards, developed as part of the …

Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States
alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social …

SAOCOM-1 is an L-band (23.5 cm) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation made up of
two satellites launched in 2018 and 2020 by Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales …

Abstract The Southern and Austral Volcanic Zones of the Andes comprise 74 volcanic
centres with known post-glacial activity. At least 21 of these have had one or more large …

We present a detailed chronological reconstruction of the 2011 eruption of the Cordón
Caulle volcano (Chile) based on information derived from newspapers, scientific reports and …