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  1. Natural Risks and CO2 Storage Security Department/Risks division/Coastal Risks unit, BRGM – French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, Orléans, 45060, France

    Gonéri Le Cozannet

  2. Development Planning and Natural Risks, BRGM – French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, Orléans, Cedex, 45060, France

    Prof. Hormoz Modaressi (Director of Risks division)

  3. Natural Risks and CO2 Safety Storage Division, BRGM – French Geological Survey, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, Orléans, Cedex, 45060, France

    Nicolas Desramaut

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Cozannet, G.L., Modaressi, H., Desramaut, N. (2013). Global Change and Its Implications for Natural Disasters. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_157

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