The occurrence of Mt Barca flank eruption in the evolution of the NW periphery of Etna volcano (Italy)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-94

  Branca, S ^a   Del Carlo, P ^a,b   Lo Castro, M D ^a   De Beni, E ^a   Wijbrans, J ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar age determination; Eruptive style; Etna volcano; Flankeruption; Simeto River; Tephrostratigraphy; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; LAVA FLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; UNCONFORMITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57949095262     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0210-5     Document Type: Article

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