Reducing volcanic disasters in the 1990s.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Japan] : International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, 1990Description: p. 80-95Subject(s): DDC classification:- 363.3495 21
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In cooperation with the International Lithosphere Commission (ICL), the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
Reprinted from Bull. Volcanol. Soc. Japan Ser. 2, Vol. 35, no. 1., pp. 80-95
About 50 volcanoes are active each year. The highest risk volcanoes are those which are likely to erupt explosively within decades or less. Volcanic disasters since 1700 AD have killed more than 260,000 people. One of IAVCEI's main goals is to prevent losses from volcanic eruptions
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