A complex, Subplinian-type eruption from low-viscosity, phonolitic to tephri-phonolitic magma: The AD 472 (Pollena) eruption of Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-767

  Sulpizio, Roberto ^a   Mele, Daniela ^a   Dellino, Pierfrancesco ^a   La Volpe, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magmatic phreatomagmatic fragmentation; Oscillating behavior; Pyroclastic density currents; Subplinian eruption

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 26844527699     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-005-0414-x     Document Type: Article

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