The dyke swarm of Mount Calanna (Etna, Italy): An example of the uppermost portion of a volcanic plumbing system

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1191-1207

  Ferlito, Carmelo ^a   Nicotra, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etna; Faults; Gravitational spreading; Magma density; Shallow plumbing system

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIKE SWARM; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OUTCROP; PETROGRAPHY; THRUST; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY; VALLE DEL BOVE;

EID: 78649392325     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0398-z     Document Type: Article

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