Collapsing volcanoes: the sleeping giants' threat |
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| Authors: | Thomas Shea Benjamin Van Wyk de Vries |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, USA. tshea@hawaii.edu;2. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université de Clermont‐Ferrand II, France. B.Vanwyk@opgc.univ‐bpclermont.fr |
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| Abstract: | Dormant volcanoes are typically thought of as relatively safe environments to live around. However, under certain geological conditions, such volcanoes can be prone to collapse and may generate massive rockslide avalanches reaching tens of kilometres from the volcano. |
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