Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program Preliminary Notices of Volcanic Activity Worldwide Activity Notices

• Subject: VDAP Team to Ecuador
• From: "Ed Venzke" < venzke@volcano.si.edu>
• Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 01:35:52 -0400

>Date:    Tue, 6 Oct 1998 21:14:03 GMT
>From:    rex@octopus.wr.usgs.gov (Rex Sanders)
>Organization: USGS - www.usgs.gov
>Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology
>
>VDAP Team to Ecuador
>
>The Government of Ecuador has requested the involvement of the Volcano
>Disaster Assistance Program, a joint USGS/USAID effort based at the USGS
>Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, to help monitor
>volcanic unrest at Guagua Pichincha volcano located 10 km west of Quito.
>A team of 3-4 USGS volcanologists will be leaving shortly with a cache
>of portable monitoring equipment.

GVP Note: More information about the VDAP Team can be found at:
<http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Vdap/framework.html>

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