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Table 4 Configuration file for lava flow simulation of vents on the Shamiram Plateau

From: Probabilistic approach to modeling lava flow inundation: a lava flow hazard assessment for a nuclear facility in Armenia

Parameter = Value

Explanation

Inputs

 

DEM_SOUTH = 4440

N, S, E, W

DEM_NORTH = 4470

boundaries

DEM_EAST = 440

of the DEM

DEM_WEST = 410

 

DEM_SPACING = 0.1

DEM grid spacing (km)

DEM_FILE = file

(ASCII format) rows of elevation values (masl)

RESIDUAL_AV = 8.0

Lava thickness (m): Average

RESIDUAL_SD2 = 1.0

Standard Deviation

 

(higher value=higher lava viscosity)

ERUPTED_LAVA = 1e5

Volume of lava distributed

 

per iteration or pulse (m3)

TOTAL_LAVA_AV = 1e7

Lava volume (m3): Average

TOTAL_LAVA_SD2 = 0.5

Standard Deviation

FLOWS = 1

Number of lava flows to simulate per run

RUNS = 10 000

Number of lava flow runs (for statistical analysis)

AOI_WEST = 426.0

Area of interest

AOI_EAST = 428.2

 

AOI_SOUTH = 4447.8

 

AOI_NORTH = 4449.0

 

SPATIAL_DENSITY_FILE = file

X Y Z format, grid of spatial density

 

values for the potential of volcanism

SPATIAL_DENSITY_SPACING=.1

spacing of spatial density grid (km)

  1. Configuration file for simulated lava flows. The format of this ASCII file is parameter = value. The shown values reflect the range of values used for the lava flow hazard assessment on the Shamiram Plateau.