Late Pliocene volcanic island growth and flood basalt-like lava emplacement in the Hyblean Mountains (SE Sicily)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Behncke, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effusion rates; Hyblean Plateau; Lava deltas; P hoehoe; Surtseyan; Tholeiitic volcanism; Volcanic island growth

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; PLIOCENE; THOLEIITIC BASALT; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10044271148     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002937     Document Type: Article

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