Age and whole rock-glass compositions of proximal pyroclastics from the major explosive eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius: A review as a tool for distal tephrostratigraphy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Santacroce, Roberto ^a   Cioni, Raffaello ^b   Marianelli, Paola ^a   Sbrana, Alessandro ^a   Sulpizio, Roberto ^c   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^a   Donahue, Douglas J ^d   Joron, Jean Louis ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Groupe des Sciences de la Terre   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

pyroclastics; tephrochronology; tephrostratigraphy; Vesuvius; volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACKPROPAGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; EXPLOSIVES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLASS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROCK PRODUCTS; ROCKS; SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

PYROCLASTICS; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY; VESUVIUS; VOLCANIC GLASS;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC GLASS;

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

PLINIA;

EID: 53949106345     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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