| Abstract: | The world‘s busy air traffic corridors pass over hundreds of volcanoes capable of sudden, explosive eruptions. In the United States alone, aircraft carry many thousands of passengers and millions of dollars of cargo over volcanoes each day. Volcanic ash can be a serious hazard to aviation even thousands of miles from an eruption. Airborne ash can diminish visibility, damage flight control systems, and cause jet engines to fail. USGS and other scientists with the Alaska Volcano Observatory are playing a leading role in the international effort to reduce the risk posed to aircraft by volcanic eruptions. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 5409 |
| Citation Author: | Neal, Christina A.; Casadevall, Thomas J.; Miller, Thomas P.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS Volcano Hazards Program |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 030-97 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Volcanic ash - danger to aircraft in the north Pacific; 1997; FS; 030-97; Neal, Christina A.; Casadevall, Thomas J.; Miller, Thomas P.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H. |
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| Citation Year: | 1997 |
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| Text: | Volcanic ash - danger to aircraft in the north Pacific; 1997; FS; 030-97; Neal, Christina A.; Casadevall, Thomas J.; Miller, Thomas P.; Hendley, James W., II; Stauffer, Peter H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_030_97.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs030-97/ |
| Date Other: | Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
