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Long-term hazard of pyroclastic density currents at Vesuvius (Southern Italy) with maps of impact parameters
Pierfrancesco Dellino
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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, 70125, Italy
Fabio Dioguardi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, 70125, Italy
Roberto Sulpizio
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, 70125, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna section, Bologna, Italy
IGAG-CNR, Milano, Italy
Daniela Mele
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, 70125, Italy
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Pyroclastic deposits are the only records left by pyroclastic flows at Vesuvius, and deposits from past eruptions are the only way to get information about the expected range of impact parameters. It is necessary to investigate the deposits first and then define a general model of the current that links deposit characteristics to flow dynamics, finally reconstructing the impact parameters that better represent flow intensity in terms of damaging potential. This is the way the paper is organized.
Pyroclastic deposits are the only records left by pyroclastic flows at Vesuvius, and deposits...
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