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Risk map for Irazú debris flows (simplified after Mora, 1989)

Irazú, Costa Rica, 1993

Figure 2, Page 196 in: Alvarado I., G.E. (1993). Volcanology and Petrology of Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel. PhD Dissertation. 288 p. (Simplified from: Mora 1993)



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Map Set

Alvarado I., G.E. (1993). Volcanology and Petrology of Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel. PhD Dissertation. 288 p. Simplified from: Mora C., S. (1993). Analysis preliminar de la vulnerabilidad economica de la ciudad de Cartago, a cause de los efectos de una avalancha que transite por el Rio Reventado, Costa Rica. Revista Geologica de America Central, 15, p. 65-80.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327573073_Volcanology_and_Petrology_of_Irazu_Volcano_Costa_Rica

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Map Data

Map ID3247
Hazard Process(es)Lahars
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatFigure in a thesis or dissertation
Zonation Method(s)Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSource location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
PurposeScientific interest: Intended for scientific research and general scientific interest; usually published in academic journals
AudienceScientists (usually in scientific publication)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Street map
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeDark to Light (greyscale)
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