Variations in eruptive style and depositional processes associated with explosive, phonolitic composition, caldera-forming eruptions: The 151 ka Sutri eruption, Vico Caldera, central Italy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 225-255

  Bear, A N ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Giordano, G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

caldera; ignimbrite; phonolite; Plinian; pyroclastic flow

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; IGNIMBRITE; PHONOLITE; PLINIAN; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

BUILDINGS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; FALLOUT; ROOFS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ROCKS;

CALDERA; DEPOSITION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNIMBRITE; PHONOLITE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VICO;

PLINIA;

EID: 67649467280     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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