Geological evolution of a complex basaltic stratovolcano: Mount Etna, Italy

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-317

  Branca, Stefano ^a   Coltelli, Mauro ^a   Groppelli, Gianluca ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eruptive history; Geological evolution; Mount Etna; Stratigraphy; UBU

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855335503     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.13     Document Type: Article

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