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Table 2 Tephra clean-up thresholds used to assess tephra removal volumes for case study communities (adapted from Hayes et al. 2017)

From: Tephra clean-up after the 2015 eruption of Calbuco volcano, Chile: a quantitative geospatial assessment in four communities

Hayes et al. (2017) thresholds

Ensenada thresholds, refined for this study

Thickness (mm)

Surfaces for tephra removal

Thickness (mm)

Surfaces for tephra removal

1–10

Roads and airports

1–10

Roads

10–200

As above, with impervious surfaces from private properties included

10–100

As above, with impervious surfaces from private properties included

>  200

Tephra removed from all surfaces

≥100

All impervious surfaces and 30% of tephra from all other surfaces removed