Pyroclastic flow hazard assessment at Somma-Vesuvius based on the geological record

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1021-1038

  Gurioli, L ^a,b,c   Sulpizio, R ^d   Cioni, R ^e   Sbrana, A ^f   Santacroce, R ^f   Luperini, W ^f   Andronico, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d CIRISIVU   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facies; Hazard assessment; Mt Somma; Pyroclastic density currents; Pyroclastic flow

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MOUNT SOMMA; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

PLINIA;

EID: 78249284588     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0379-2     Document Type: Article

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