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Hazard from volcanic ash
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  • Published: 07 November 1991

Hazard from volcanic ash

  • A. J. PRATA1,
  • I. J. BARTON1,
  • R. W. JOHNSON2,
  • K. KAMO3 &
  • …
  • J. KINGWELL4 

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  1. CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Victoria, 3195, Australia

    A. J. PRATA & I. J. BARTON

  2. Bureau of Mineral Resources, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

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  3. Sakurajima Volcanological Observatory, Kyoto University, Sakurajima, Kyushu, Japan

    K. KAMO

  4. CSIRO Office of Space Sciences & Applications, ANU, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia

    J. KINGWELL

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PRATA, A., BARTON, I., JOHNSON, R. et al. Hazard from volcanic ash. Nature 354, 25 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354025a0

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