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Reducing volcanic risk; are we winning some battles but losing the war?

Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
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Abstract

Historically, significant advances in volcanology have been catalyzed by volcanic disasters or crises, reflecting the the simple fact that volcanoes seem to receive serious scientific and public attention only when they cause, or threaten to cause, trouble. For example, three deadly eruptions in 1902, Mount Pelee, Santa Maria, and Soufriere (St.Vincent), spurred the movement to establish permanent volcano observatories there. Profoundly impresses by the devastation cused by Mont Pelee, Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr. founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) in 1912. Since then, studies conducted at HVO and new observatories have been pivotal in transforming the nascent science of volcanology into the multidisciplinary science that it is today. 

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Reducing volcanic risk; are we winning some battles but losing the war?
Series title Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
Volume 22
Issue 3
Year Published 1991
Language English
Publisher U.S Geological Survey
Description 5 p.
First page 133
Last page 137
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