Application of fractal fragmentation theory to natural pyroclastic deposits: Insights into volcanic explosivity of the Valentano scoria cone (Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 200-210

  Perugini, Diego ^a,c   Speziali, Alessandro ^a   Caricchi, Luca ^b   Kueppers, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eruption dynamics; Fractals; Fragmentation; Grain size distribution; Scoria cone

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ERUPTION DYNAMICS; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; EXPLOSIVITY; FRACTAL BEHAVIORS; FRACTAL FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION EFFICIENCY; FRAGMENTATION EVENTS; GAS BUBBLE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HORIZONTAL SECTION; KEY FACTORS; LOW POROSITY; MAGMA FRAGMENTATION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SCORIA CONE; SINGLE LAYER; SLUG FLOW; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITY; VESICULARITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ASSOCIATED GAS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; ROCKS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

BRECCIA; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GRAIN SIZE; MAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY; LAZIO; VALENTANO; VITERBO;

EID: 79955025721     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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