Scaling effects on vesicle shape, size and heterogeneity of lavas from Mount Etna

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 131-153

  Gaonac'h, H ^a   Stix, J ^a   Lovejoy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractal; Gas vesicles; Heterogeneity; Lava vesicularity; Mount Etna; Scaling; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HETEROGENEITY; LAVA VESICULARITY; SCALING;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0030435348     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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