Impact of the AD 79 explosive eruption on Pompeii, I. Relations amongst the depositional mechanisms of the pyroclastic products, the framework of the buildings and the associated destructive events

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 201-223

  Luongo, Giuseppe ^a   Perrotta, Annamaria ^a   Scarpati, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

AD 79 eruption; Damage to buildings; Destructive impact; Emplacement mechanisms; Polibius; Pompeii; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EXPLOSIONS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

BUILDING; DAMAGE; EMPLACEMENT; HAZARD; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

CAMPANIA; ITALY; POMPEII; VESUVIUS;

EID: 0042490610     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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