Lieutenant-Colonel Delmé-Radcliffe's report on the 1906 eruption of Vesuvius, Italy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 204-216

  Chester, David K ^a   Duncan, Angus M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1906 eruption; eyewitness account; Italy; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; REVIEWS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT; HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE ERUPTION;

VOLCANOES;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 34648830577     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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