Vent area and depositional mechanisms of the Upper Member of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff (Campi Flegrei, Italy): New insights from directional fabric through image analysis

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1087-1101

  Valentini, Laura ^a   Capaccioni, Bruno ^b   Rossi, Piermaria Luigi ^b   Scandone, Roberto ^c   Sarocchi, Damiano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Campi Flegrei; Depositional mechanism; Image analysis; Neapolitan Yellow Tuff; Pattern of fabric; Pyroclastic Density Currents; Textural investigation

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY CURRENT; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAVA FLOW; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEXTURE; TUFF; VENTING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 50349095964     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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