Proximal depositional facies from a caldera-forming eruption: The Parata Grande Tuff at Ventotene Island (Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 207-228

  Perrotta, Annamaria ^a   Scarpati, Claudio ^a   Giacomelli, Lisetta ^a   Capozzi, Anna Rita ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; DEPOSITIONAL FACIES; EFFUSIVE VOLCANISM; PARATA GRANDE TUFF; PLEISTOCENE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY, VENTOTENE ISLAND;

EID: 0030470031     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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