Evolution of the Mount Etna magma: Constraints on the present feeding system and eruptive mechanism

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-250

  Tanguy, Jean Claude ^a   Condomines, Michel ^b   Kieffer, Guy ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c Centre de Recherches Volcanologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Eruptions; Igneous activity; Magma differentiation; Mount Etna; Tectonics; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE MELTING; PETROLOGY; VOLCANISM;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0030811792     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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