Responding to volcanic health hazards - IAVCEI GA Session 4.6
From: "Claire J. Horwell" <claire.horwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear All,
A final reminder of the following session to be held at the IAVCEI General Assembly in Kagoshima, Japan (20-24 July 2013):
4-6. Responding to volcanic health hazards
Suminori Akiba, Peter Baxter, Satoko Iwasawa, Eiji Yano, Yasuhiro Ishimine
The
health hazards of volcanic eruptions range from first order hazards
such as injury and death from pyroclastic density currents, to second
order hazards such as respiratory conditions from inhalation of volcanic
emissions (ash and gas), psychological trauma, and the effects of
leachable elements on water supplies. Passive degassing and radon
release in quiescent periods may also pose health risks to local
populations. Over the past decade we have had unprecedented
opportunities to expand our understanding of volcanic health hazards,
with the continuing eruptions of Sakurajima volcano, Japan, the
Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. There
have also been significant opportunities for research following the
eruptions of Chaitén and Puyehue, Chile, and Eyjafjallajökull and
Grimsvötn, Iceland and Miyakejima, Japan.
We
invite submission of abstracts on any area of volcanic health hazard
research but, in particular, we welcome research which gives insight
into how we may start to risk assess exposure of populations to volcanic
ash and gas. We also welcome contributions from those in other
disciplines, such as petrology and geochemistry, whose expertise in
volcanic processes (such as plume modelling, mineralization and
degassing) may have application to population exposure assessment.
The abstract and grant application deadline is 31 January. Please see http://www.iavcei2013.com/ for further details.
We look forward to seeing you in Kagoshima!
Best wishes,
Claire Horwell
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Dr Claire Horwell
Lecturer
Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Co-Director; Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience
Department of Earth Sciences
Durham University
Science Labs., South Road,
Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
www.dur.ac.uk/claire.horwell/ukndhn
http://www.dur.ac.uk/earth.sciences/staff/?id=5313
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