The Miocene Costa Giardini diatreme, Iblean Mountains, southern Italy: Model for maar-diatreme formation on a submerged carbonate platform

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-576

  Calvari, Sonia ^a   Tanner, Lawrence H ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretionary lapilli; Diatreme; Hyaloclastite; Maar; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; COUNTRY ROCK; DEBRIS FLOW; DIATREME; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FORMATION MECHANISM; MAAR; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; PEPERITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; XENOLITH;

HYBLAEAN MOUNTAINS; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79959242786     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0436-x     Document Type: Article

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