Rheological control on the dynamics of explosive activity in the 2000 summit eruption of Mt. Etna

Solid Earth

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Giordano, D ^a   Polacci, M ^b   Papale, P ^b   Caricchi, L ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CONTENT; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; INTERMEDIATE PHASIS; LARGE CRYSTAL; LAVA FLOWS; MAGMA ASCENTS; MASS FLOW RATE; MT. ETNA; SOLID FRACTION; SOLID PARTICLES; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITY; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELLING;

FOUNTAINS; RHEOLOGY; DYNAMICS;

FIRES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; TEXTURE; VISCOSITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79955379171     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-1-61-2010     Document Type: Article

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