Magnetic fabric and implications for pyroclastic flow and lahar emplacement, Albano maar, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Porreca, M ^a   Mattei, M ^a   Giordano, G ^a   De Rita, D ^a   Funiciello, R ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMS; Colli Albani; Holocene; Volcanic units

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAHAR; MAAR; PALEOMAGNETISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

CAMPANIA; COLLI ALBANI; ITALY;

EID: 0042384791     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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