An exceptional case of endogenous lava dome growth spawning pyroclastic avalanches: The 1999 Bocca Nuova eruption of Mt. Etna (Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 115-128

  Behncke, Boris ^a   Neri, Marco ^b   Carniel, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bocca Nuova; Endogenous lava dome; Magma ascent; Mt. Etna; Pyroclastic avalanches

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

PYROCLASTICS;

VOLCANOES;

LAVA DOME; MAGMA; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANISM;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0037728551     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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