Internal vs. external forcing in shallow marine diatreme formation: A case study from the Iblean Mountains (SE-Sicily, Central Mediterranean)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 361-378

  Suiting, Ines ^a   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

diatreme; internal forcing; juvenile magmatic lapilli; pre fragmentation; shallow marine eruption

Indexed keywords

DIATREME; INTERNAL FORCING; JUVENILE MAGMATIC LAPILLI; PRE-FRAGMENTATION; SHALLOW MARINE ERUPTION;

PIPE; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

DIATREME; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRAGMENTATION; PETROLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69749104919     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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