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Table 12 Table indicating the research gaps identified (o) and when data of each type have been collected (x). Data types (as identified in Section 4) are arranged in order of the preparedness, response, and recovery cycle

From: Lava flow crises in inhabited areas part I: lessons learned and research gaps related to effusive, basaltic eruptions

Volcano

Eruption

Preparedness

Response

Recovery

Preparatory narrative

Lava flow hazard modelling

Eruption narrative

Lava flow attributes

Detailed, physical impact data

Response narrative

Communication approach

Evacuation data

Recovery (including abandonment of land) narrative

Community reactions

Applications of learnings

Etna

1971

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

1981

x

o

x

o

o

x

x

o

x

o

x

1983

x

x

x

o

n/a

x

x

o

o

o

x

1991–1993

x

x

x

x

n/a

x

x

x

o

x

x

2001

x

x

x

o

o

x

x

n/a

o

o

o

2002–2003

x

x

x

o

o

x

x

n/a

x

o

o

Kilauea

1955

o

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

x

x

x

1960

o

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

x

x

x

1983–2018

x

x

x

x

o

x

x

x

x

x

x

2018

x

x

x

1

1

x

x

x

x

x

x

Mauna Loa

1950

o

o

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

1984

x

o

x

o

n/a

x

o

n/a

o

o

x

Vestmannaeyjar

1973

x

o

x

x

o

x

x

x

x

x

o

Nyiragongo

1977

o

o

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

2002

x

x

x

o

o

o

x

x

x

x

o

Piton de la Fournaise

1977–1978

o

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

x

1986

x

o

x

x

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

1998

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

2001

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

2002–01

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

x

o

2002–11

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

2004–05

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

2004–12

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

2005

x

o

x

o

o

x

o

x

o

o

o

2007

x

o

x

o

o

x

x

x

x

o

o

2018

x

o

x

o

o

x

x

x

o

o

o

Karthala

1977

o

o

x

o

o

o

o

x

o

o

o

Fogo

1951

o

o

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

1995

o

o

x

x

o

x

o

x

x

o

o

2014

o

o

x

x

x

x

o

x

x

o

o

Izu-Oshima

1986

o

x

x

o

n/a

x

x

x

o

o

o

Miyakejima

1962

o

o

x

o

o

o

o

x

o

o

o

1983

o

o

x

o

x

x

o

x

x

o

o

Mt. Cameroon

1959

o

o

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

1982

o

o

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

x

1999

x

o

x

x

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

2000

x

o

x

x

o

o

o

x

o

o

o

La Palma

1971

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

Total

38

22

8

37

11

4

26

12

25

12

8

11

  1. Notes
  2. “o” indicates no data of this type was collected during the indicated eruption.
  3. “x” indicates some data of this type was collected.
  4. n/a indicates eruptions in which lava threatened the built environment or agricultural land but never reached it (i.e. never caused physical impacts); therefore, these eruptions could not provide physical impact data.
  5. 1 indicates that a lava flow attributes and physical impacts study (of the 2018 Kīlauea eruption) is currently (October 2019) underway