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Volcanic Debris Avalanches: Introduction and Book Structure

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Volcanic Debris Avalanches

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Volcanic debris avalanches (VDA) are, on the one hand, stunning natural phenomena, but, on the other, can pose serious threats to people and infrastructure. This first chapter aims to introduce a collection of themed papers gathered in a book, each illustrating the advancements of a different aspect of VDA research. As a state-of-the-art collection, the 11 papers provide a powerful tool for the volcanological community to enhance our understanding of their history and global distribution, collapse initiation and cyclic occurrence, problems with terminology, transport processes and deposit characteristics, climate impacts, application of numerical tools, and the records of marine and ringplain settings.

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Acknowledgements

Thank you to Lucia Capra and Lee Siebert for reading and reviewing this introduction. We are especially in debt to all authors who made this book possible. Their great work and determined commitment to creating a comprehensive collection of papers for the study of these stunning natural manifestations is simply invaluable.

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    Matteo Roverato

  2. School of Earth Science, Energy and Environment, Yachay Tech University, Urcuqui, Ecuador

    Matteo Roverato

  3. Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Anja Dufresne

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Roverato, M., Dufresne, A. (2021). Volcanic Debris Avalanches: Introduction and Book Structure. In: Roverato, M., Dufresne, A., Procter, J. (eds) Volcanic Debris Avalanches. Advances in Volcanology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57411-6_1

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