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Ambae

Ambae, Vanuatu, 2001

Cronin, S.J., Gaylord, D.R., Charley, D., Alloway, B.V., Wallez, S., & Esau, J.W. (2004). Participatory methods of incorporating scientific with traditional knowledge for volcanic hazard management on Ambae Island, Vanuatu. Bulletin of volcanology, 66(7), p. 652-668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-004-0347-9. (Reprinted in: Cronin, S. J., & Németh, K., Stewart, R.B. (2006). Volcanic hazards planning on rifting island and fissure volcanoes. Joint Conference of the Geological Society of New Zealand and the New Zealand Geophysical Society.)



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Map Data

Map ID3416
Hazard Process(es)Floods or jokulhaups; Lahars; Surges; Tephra fall; Vent-opening hazards
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleIsland
Publication FormatFigure in a journal article
Zonation Method(s)Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSource location or direction; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
PurposeHazard awareness: Intended for educating the audience about the extent and probability of volcanic hazard
AudienceGeneral public and/or media
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Street map
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeRed to Green
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