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A global database of composite volcano morphometry

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We present a global database on the subaerial morphometry of composite volcanoes. Data was extracted from the 90-m resolution Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model (DEM). The 759 volcanoes included in the database are the composite (i.e., polygenetic) volcanoes listed in the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program (GVP) database that are covered by the SRTM DEM, have a constructional topography and a basal width larger than 2 km. The extent of each volcano edifice was defined using the NETVOLC algorithm, which computes outlines by minimizing a cost function based on breaks in slope around the edifices. Morphometric parameters were then calculated using the MORVOLC algorithm. The parameters characterize and quantify volcano size (basal width, summit width, height, and volume), profile shape (height/basal width and summit width/basal width ratios), plan shape (ellipticity and irregularity indexes), and slopes. In addition, 104 well-defined and relatively large summit craters/calderas were manually delineated and specific parameters were computed. Most parameters show large variation without clear separations, indicating a continuum of volcano morphologies. Large overlap between the main GVP morphologic types highlights the need for a more rigorous quantitative classification of volcano morphology. The database will be maintained and updated through a website under construction.

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Acknowledgments

PG is grateful to CONICET and Fundación Miguel Lillo for their support. We thank R. J. Pike and an anonymous reviewer, as well as Editor A. Gudmundsson, for their reviews and comments. We are also grateful to M. Kervyn for his informal comments and suggestions.

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  1. CONICET and Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

    Pablo Grosse

  2. Instituto CEDIAC, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Ciudad Universitaria, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina

    Pablo A. Euillades & Leonardo D. Euillades

  3. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, UMR6524-CNRS, IRD, OPGC, Université Blaise Pascal, 5 Rue Kessler, 63038, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Benjamin van Wyk de Vries

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Grosse, P., Euillades, P.A., Euillades, L.D. et al. A global database of composite volcano morphometry. Bull Volcanol 76, 784 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-013-0784-4

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