The "Pomici di mercato" Plinian eruption of Somma-Vesuvius: Magma chamber processes and eruption dynamics

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 825-840

  Aulinas, M ^a,b   Civetta, L ^a,c   Di Vito, M A ^a   Orsi, G ^a   Gimeno, D ^b   Fernandez Turiel J L ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magma chamber; Pomici di Mercato eruption; Radiogenic isotopes; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GLASS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHAMBER; PHENOCRYST; PLINIAN ERUPTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

PLINIA;

EID: 42449108273     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0172-z     Document Type: Article

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