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Table 4. Approximate road lengths (km) impacted by various ranges of tephra accumulation (see Fig. 2(b)). Road maps and classifications fr OpenStreetMap; isomass contours from AIST (2011).

From: Observations of tephra fall impacts from the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption, Japan

Tephra accumulation (kg/m2)

motorway

trunk

primary

secondary

tertiary

urban

rural

all roads

0–0.5

59.7

139.0

238.0

196.3

347.9

1354.9

1342.1

3678.0

0.5–1

3.2

65.9

68.2

19.7

63.0

259.5

257.2

736.9

1–2

4.7

35.9

87.8

7.7

53.3

119.9

171.6

480.8

2–3

6.8

11.6

28.8

9.7

36.2

127.7

157.0

377.9

3–5

16.7

12.6

42.3

11.4

59.3

271.5

238.7

652.5

5–10

16.1

17.1

21.0

9.8

101.3

170.3

241.8

577.4

10–30

9.5

6.2

21.0

10.0

30.6

89.8

149.6

316.7

30–50

 

1.5

1.8

3.7

1.8

15.3

11.5

35.6

50–100

 

3.0

2.0

0.7

0.2

12.2

4.3

22.3

>100

     

2.0

 

2.0

Total

116.8

292.8

511.0

269.0

693.6

2423.1

2573.8

6880.1