Lava flow hazard and risk at Mt. Cameroon volcano

• Published in: Bulletin of volcanology Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 423 - 439
• Main Authors: Favalli, Massimiliano, Tarquini, Simone, Papale, Paolo, Fornaciai, Alessandro, Boschi, Enzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Catchment basins; Coastal zone; Crystalline rocks; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Human settlements; Igneous and metamorphic rocks petrology, volcanic processes, magmas; Land use planning; Lava; Lava flows; Mineralogy; Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc; Oil and gas industry; Research Article; Risk assessment; Risk management; Roads; Sedimentology; Simulation; Volcanoes; Volcanology; Cameroon; West Africa; Africa; ASE, Cameroon, Limbe; Lava flow simulation; Mt. Cameroon; Lava flow risk; Lava flow hazard; damage; simulation; industry; volcanic risk; settlement; drainage basins; lava; land use; lava flows; calibration; probability density function; maps; Decision making; eruptions; volcanoes; inundations; roads; vents; planning; management; buildings; infrastructures

Mt. Cameroon is one of the most active effusive volcanoes in Africa. About 500,000 people living or working around its fertile flanks are subject to significant threat from lava flow inundation. Lava flow hazard and risk were assessed by simulating probable lava flow paths using the DOWNFLOW code. T...