The 1974 flank eruption of mount etna: an archetype for deep dike-fed eruptions at basaltic volcanoes and a milestone in etna's recent history

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Corsaro, R A ^a   Metrich N ^b,c   Allard, P ^a,b   Andronico, D ^a   Miraglia, L ^a   Fourmentraux, C ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; DIKE; ECCENTRICITY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLAGIOCLASE; POTASSIUM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRACHYTE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VISCOUS FLOW; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 70349662213     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006013     Document Type: Article

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