Influences of urban fabric on pyroclastic density currents at Pompeii (Italy): 2. Temperature of the deposits and hazard implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Zanella, E ^a,b   Gurioli, L ^c,d   Pareschi, M T ^c   Lanza, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Alpine Laboratory of Paleomagnetism   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENT; MAGNETIZATION; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 50149106810     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004775     Document Type: Article

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