Fissure eruptions at Mount Vesuvius (Italy): Insights on the shallow propagation of dikes at volcanoes

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 673-676

  Acocella, Valerio ^a   Porreca, Massimiliano ^a   Neri, Marco ^b   Mattei, Massimo ^a   Funiciello, Renato ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conduit; Dike propagation; Fissures; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

DIKE PROPAGATION; FISSURE ERUPTIONS; MOUNT VESUVIUS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

DIKE; FISSURE; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 33747353035     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22552.1     Document Type: Article

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