Multidisciplinary investigation on a lava fountain preceding a flank eruption: The 10 May 2008 Etna case

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Bonaccorso, A ^a   Cannata, A ^a   Corsaro, R A ^a   Di Grazia, G ^a   Gambino, S ^a   Greco, F ^a   Miraglia, L ^a   Pistorio, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etna volcano; lava fountain mechanism; multidisciplinary monitoring

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; ROCK PRODUCTS; VOLCANOES;

BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; DATA SETS; EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS; ETNA VOLCANOS; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; FIRE-FOUNTAINS; FLANK ERUPTIONS; FOAM LAYERS; LAVA FOUNTAINS; LONG-PERIOD EVENTS; MAGMA DYNAMICS; MAGMA INTRUSION; MOUNT ETNA; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTIDISCIPLINARY MONITORING; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; SHALLOW RESERVOIRS; SURROUNDING ROCK; VOLCANIC TREMOR;

FOUNTAINS;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHAMBER; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOURCE ROCK; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79960693056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003480     Document Type: Article

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