Interaction of pyroclastic density currents with human settlements: Evidence from ancient Pompeii

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 441-444

  Gurioli, Lucia ^a   Pareschi, M Teresa ^a   Zanella, Elena ^b   Lanza, Roberto ^b   Deluca, Enrico ^b   Bisson, Marina ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deposits; Magnetic fabric; Pyroclastic density current; Thermal remanent magnetization; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

FLOW DIRECTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY; ROCK-MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS;

MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROADS AND STREETS; ROCK MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

GEOLOGY;

FLOW MODELING; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS; WORLD;

ROMAN;

EID: 20444459457     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21294.1     Document Type: Article

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