Pyroclastic deposits as a guide for reconstructing the multi-stage evolution of the Somma-Vesuvius Caldera

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 207-222

  Cioni, R ^a   Santacroce, R ^a   Sbrana, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caldera; Depositional facies; Plinian eruptions; Pyroclastic deposits; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

ITALY;

EID: 0033401629     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050272     Document Type: Article

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