The role of syn-eruptive vesiculation on explosive basaltic activity at Mt. Etna, Italy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 265-269

  Polacci, Margherita ^a   Burton, Michael R ^a   La Spina, Alessandro ^a,b   Murè, Filippo ^a   Favretto, Stefano ^c   Zanini, Franco ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d SYRMEP Group   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etna; fire fountains; vesicle textures; volcanic degassing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEGASSING; FOUNTAINS; GAS DYNAMICS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

ASH FORMATIONS; COMMON PROCESSES; COMPLEX SHAPES; ETNA; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITIES; EXPLOSIVE EVENTS; EXSOLUTION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS GEOCHEMISTRIES; GAS PHASE; MAGMA FRAGMENTATIONS; MT. ETNA; VESICLE TEXTURES; VOLCANIC DEGASSING;

GASES;

ACCUMULATION; BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGASSING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; EXSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; NUCLEATION; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 58349106679     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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