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- New feeds of volcanic information at the GVP 12-Mar-08 08:07
- Paper on health-pertinent ash estimation 10-Jan-08 09:55
- Publication of pamphlets on health hazard 10-Jan-08 09:47
- WOVO at IAVCEI 2008 20-Dec-07 09:21
- December 2007 14-Dec-07 00:40
- November 2006 30-Nov-06 16:41
- December 2005 30-Nov-06 15:40
- April 2005 23-Oct-06 18:20
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RSS & CAP feeds of volcanic information at the Global Volcanism Program
The Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian have made a major upgrade in near-real time volcanic information.
Paper on health-pertinent ash estimation
A paper has recently been published that presents a formula to estimate the percentage of health-pertinent ash in a sieved sample. Currently one can only really accurately sieve to 63 um but finding out if volcanic ash is respirable (< 4 um) is critical for health hazard assessment. The formula allows rapid assessment using very basic equipment. The paper can be seen at
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Publication of pamphlets on health hazard
Pamphlets on the health hazards of ash and on preparedness for ashfalls are available for the public at www.ivhhn.org . Pamphlets are available in English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese and French. Pamphlets can be ordered online or one can request the high-re
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- December 2007
- WOVO at IAVCEI 2008 (20-Dec-07 09:21)
- December 2007 (14-Dec-07 00:40)
- November 2006
- November 2006 (30-Nov-06 16:41)
- December 2005 (30-Nov-06 15:40)
- October 2006
- April 2005 (23-Oct-06 18:20)