Sentences with phrase «volcanic hazards»

This research is part of a broader collection of articles focused on volcanic hazard assessment.

At Campi Flegrei itself, an additional obstacle to effective warning is a low public awareness of volcanic hazard compared with the perceived threat from microseismicity50, 51.

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Since 1986, I have been involved with volcanic hazard studies for the proposed high - level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

The city of Tauranga, with more than 100,000 residents, lies about 50 kilometres west of the uplift.Elaine Smid, a volcanologist at the University of Auckland, notes that people in the area are already at risk from volcanic hazards, especially ashfall from the Taupo volcanoes.

Students then complete a card sort activity on types of volcanic hazards before classifying them into primary and secondary hazards.

Understanding these preexisting structures, they write, «Is a major task toward defining the evolution of rift zones and also has important implications for geothermal exploration, mineralization, and the assessment of volcanic hazard.»

However, the work will also bring benefits for one of Africa's most densely populated countries by mapping the seismic and volcanic hazards in the area.

Earlier studies had suggested that the Abu Dabbab earthquakes were caused by magma rising through the crust, but the new report «found that a volcanic origin of the seismicity is unlikely, and the area is not expected to be subjected to volcanic hazard,» said El Khrepy.

«It also can help scientists model and predict future earthquake and volcanic hazards, where they might occur and how deep the devastation might be depending on what the models show.»

The hope is that a clearer understanding of the forces that shape the environment will translate into better assessment of earthquake and volcanic hazards and more precise knowledge of the country's natural resources.

Volcanic Hazards and Disasters in Human Antiquity

We can now use these new models to better estimate the potential seismic and volcanic hazards.»

Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Mass Movements, Flooding, Tectonics, Tsunamis, Volcanic Hazards, Impact of Earthquakes, Factors Affecting t...

Types of Volcanic Hazard - The starter can be followed up with the noting worksheet based on the card sort

Lesson 3 - Starter Activity - Types of Volcanic hazard - Hand out the card sort and students can match the diagram of hazard with the correct name and explanation.