The Averno 2 fissure eruption: A recent small-size explosive event at the Campi Flegrei Caldera (Italy)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-320

  Di Vito, Mauro Antonio ^a   Arienzo, Ilenia ^a   Braia, Giuseppe ^b   Civetta, Lucia ^a,c   D'Antonio, Massimo ^a,c   Renzo, Valeria Di ^a   Orsi, Giovanni ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Averno; Campi Flegrei caldera; Chemostratigraphy; Eruption dynamics; Isotope geochemistry; Magma mixing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CALDERA; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

EID: 79955689819     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0417-0     Document Type: Article

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