The basal ash deposit of the Sovana eruption (Vulsini Volcanoes, central Italy): The product of a dilute pyroclastic density current

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 233-254

  Palladino, D M ^a   Taddeucci, J ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dottorato Ric in Sci Della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash deposit; Explosive eruptions; Pyroclastic density current; Vulsini volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ASH;

ITALY;

EID: 0345188726     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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