Pyroclastic flow dynamics and hazard in a caldera setting: Application to Phlegrean Fields (Italy)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Todesco, Micol ^a   Neri, Augusto ^a   Ongaro, Tomaso Esposti ^a   Papale, Paolo ^a   Rosi, Mauro ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caldera.; Dynamic pressure; Multiphase flow; Phlegrean Fields; Pyroclastic flows; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649089292     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001314     Document Type: Article

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