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USGS · 70162377

Present state of studies of volcanic risk in Colombia

Abstract

Because of the reactivation of Nevado del Ruiz volcano in the last days of 1984, we began studies whose purpose was directed toward the identification of hte risks that accompanied such volcanic activity. As a result of these investigations there appeared a preliminary map of volcanic risk in Octoer 7, 1985, the first map of its kind in Colombia

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: -4.171115454867424° to 12.46876014482322° latitude; -79.16748046874999° to -66.81884765625° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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C. A. Carvajal. 1990. Present state of studies of volcanic risk in Colombia. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70162377

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