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Chapter 3.1: Impact from Volcanic Water-based Flows

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Andrew Russell

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Abstract

Volcanic water-based flows, such as lahars and jökulhlaups, pose significant hazards to communities near and downstream from volcanoes. They can damage or destroy infrastructure, cause loss of life, and induce long-term environmental, community, and ecosystem changes. Economically, they can devastate agriculture, tourism, and local industries. Their deposits can fill river channels and bury floodplains and terraces, but their deposits can also provide sources of construction materials and over time can develop into fertile soils for agriculture. This duality of detriments and benefits from such flows creates socially complex dynamics within affected communities. This chapter underscores the need for comprehensive disaster response, long-term planning, and sustainable resource management in volcanic regions.

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Author(s): Lavigne F, Major J, Gomez C, Jenkins S, Russell A, Romero J, Magill C, Faral A, Sr-Hadmoko D, Di Vito MA

Editor(s): Costanza Bonadonna (Editor-in-chief) (UNIGE), Luca Caricchi (UNIGE), Amanda Clarke (ASU), Paul Cole (University of Plymouth), Jan Lindsay (University of Auckland), Jake Lowenstern (USGS), Richard Robertson (UWI-SRC), and Mylene Villegas (PHIVOLCS).

Publication type: Book Chapter

Publication status: In Press

Book Title: The Encyclopedia of volcanoes - 3rd Edition

Year: 2026

Acceptance date: 12/03/2026

Publisher: Elsevier

Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item

ISBN: 9780443291807

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