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Table 2 Type of EES and its main characteristics

From: Strategies for the development of volcanic hazard maps in monogenetic volcanic fields: the example of La Palma (Canary Islands)

EES Type

VEI

Column

Hazards

E. Impact A.

A

Hawaiian magmatic effusive eruption

0-1

0-1 km

Lava flows, ash fall, gases

1-2 km, longer downstream

B1

Hawaiian-Strombolian, magmatic effusive-explosive

1-2

1-5 km

Lava flows, ash fall, gases, blockandash

2-5 km, longer downstream

B2

Hawaiian-Strombolian, magmatic effusive-explosive, mechanical interaction with sills

1-2

1-5 km

Lava flows, ash fall, gases, blockandash

2-5 km, longer downstream

B3

Hawaiian-Strombolian-Violent Strombolian, hydromagmatic explosive eruption

1-3

1-10 km

Lava flows, ash fall, gases, blockandash, PDC

5-10 km, longer downstream

C1

High-deep (>500 m)

C2

Medium-deep (500- ≈200 m. deep)

Water acidifying, lava balloons, large bubbles

1-2 km

C3

Surtseyan (<200 m)

1-3

1-5 km

lava flows, ash fall, gases, surges

1-2 km