Volcanic air pollution and human health: recent advances and future directions

C Stewart, DE Damby, CJ Horwell, T Elias… - Bulletin of …, 2022 - Springer
Volcanic air pollution from both explosive and effusive activity can affect large populations
as far as thousands of kilometers away from the source, for days to decades or even …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated health education in disaster risk reduction: Lesson learned from disease outbreak following natural disasters in Indonesia

DN Pascapurnama, A Murakami… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Along with large-scale loss of life, infrastructural damage, and material losses, health issues
have become a crucially important problem after natural disasters. Survivors must confront …

Lessons learned from the 2010 evacuations at Merapi volcano

ETW Mei, F Lavigne, A Picquout, E De Bélizal… - Journal of volcanology …, 2013 - Elsevier
The rapid onset and large magnitude of the 2010 eruption of Merapi posed significant
challenges for evacuations and resulted in a peak number of almost 400,000 Internally …

The nature and formation of cristobalite at the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat: implications for the petrology and stability of silicic lava domes

CJ Horwell, BJ Williamson, EW Llewellin… - Bulletin of …, 2013 - Springer
Cristobalite is commonly found in the dome lava of silicic volcanoes but is not a primary
magmatic phase; its presence indicates that the composition and micro-structure of dome …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation. Part I: Filtration efficiency tests

W Mueller, CJ Horwell, A Apsley, S Steinle… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
During volcanic eruptions and their aftermath, communities may be concerned about the
impacts of inhaling volcanic ash. Access to effective respiratory protection (RP) is therefore …

[HTML][HTML] The α–β phase transition in volcanic cristobalite

DE Damby, EW Llewellin, CJ Horwell… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - scripts.iucr.org
Cristobalite is a common mineral in volcanic ash produced from dome-forming eruptions.
Assessment of the respiratory hazard posed by volcanic ash requires understanding the …

Assessment of leachable elements in volcanic ashfall: a review and evaluation of a standardized protocol for ash hazard characterization

C Stewart, DE Damby, I Tomašek, CJ Horwell… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Volcanic ash presents a widespread and common hazard during and after eruptions.
Complex interactions between solid ash surfaces and volcanic gases lead to the formation …

Physical properties of pyroclastic density currents: relevance, challenges and future directions

TJ Jones, F Beckett, B Bernard, ECP Breard… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are hazardous and destructive phenomena that pose a
significant threat to communities living in the proximity of active volcanoes. PDCs are ground …

Development of a simulated lung fluid leaching method to assess the release of potentially toxic elements from volcanic ash

I Tomašek, DE Damby, C Stewart, CJ Horwell… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Freshly erupted volcanic ash contains a range of soluble elements, some of which can
generate harmful effects in living cells and are considered potentially toxic elements (PTEs) …

Physicochemical hazard assessment of ash and dome rock from the 2021 eruption of La Soufrière, St Vincent, for the assessment of respiratory health impacts and …

CJ Horwell, DE Damby, C Stewart… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract La Soufrière, St Vincent, began an extrusive eruption on 27 December 2020. The
lava dome was destroyed, along with much of the pre-existing 1979 dome, in explosive …