Compositional layering and syn-eruptive mixing of a periodically refilled shallow magma chamber: The AD 79 plinian eruption of vesuvius

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 739-776

  Cioni, Raffaello ^a   Civetta, Lucia ^b   Marianelli, Paola ^a   Metrich, Nicole ^c   Santacroce, Roberto ^a   Sbrana, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire Pierre Süe ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Compositional layering phonolites; Magma chamber; Magma mixing; Magma supply; Potassic magmas; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

LAYERING; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA MIXING; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

ITALY, CAMPANIA, VESUVIUS;

EID: 0028852259     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/36.3.739     Document Type: Article

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