Phreatomagmatic ash from the ongoing eruption of Etna reaching the Greek island of Cefalonia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 341-345

  Dellino, Pierfrancesco ^a   Kyriakopoulos, Konstantinos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Explosive eruptions; Fine ash; Hazard; Mount Etna; Phreatomagmatism

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THERMAL PLUMES;

PHREATOMAGMATISM;

VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLUME; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREECE; ITALY; KEFALONIA; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0042575592     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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