Comment on: "The dark nature of Somma-Vesuvius volcano: Evidence from the ∼3.5 ka BP Avellino eruption" by Milia A., Raspini A., Torrente M.M.

Quaternary International

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-109

  Sulpizio, Roberto ^a   Cioni, Raffaello ^b   Di Vito, Mauro A ^c   Santacroce, Roberto ^d   Sbrana, Alessandro ^d   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^d  

^a CIRISIVU   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF NAPLES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOUNT SOMMA; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA; VESUVIUS;

EID: 55949126322     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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