Comparative analysis of the impact of geological activity on the structural design of telescope facilities in the Canary Islands, Hawaii and Chile
- Author:
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Eff-Darwich, A., Garcia-Lorenzo, B., Rodriguez-Losada, J. A., de la Nuez, J., Hernandez-Gutierrez, L. E., Romero-Ruiz, M. C.
- Title:
- Comparative analysis of the impact of geological activity on the structural design of telescope facilities in the Canary Islands, Hawaii and Chile
- Periodical:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Year:
- 2010
- Volume:
- 407
- Pages:
- 1361-1375
- Subject:
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Site surveys
Telescopes
Volcanic hazards
Hazardous geographic environments
- Summary:
- An analyses of the impact of seismic and volcanic activity was conducted related the following astronomical sites: El Teide (Tenerife, Canary Islands), Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Canary Islands), Mauna Kea (Hawaii), and Paranal (Chile), and Cerro Ventarrones (Chile). The authors state that "hazard associated with volcanic activity is low or negligible at all sites, whereas seismic hazard is very high in Chile and Hawaii."
- Label:
- Mauna Kea - Astronomy
- URL:
- http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16925.x
- Date:
- September 2010
- Collection:
- Periodicals