Unusual magma storage conditions at Mt. Etna (Southern Italy) as evidenced by plagioclase megacryst-bearing lavas: Implications for the plumbing system geometry and summit caldera collapse

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 795-815

  Nicotra, Eugenio ^a   Viccaro, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascent dynamics; Caldera collapse; Cicirara; Crystallization; Etna; Magma chamber; Plagioclase megacryst; Texture

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; COALESCENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOMETRY; IRON OXIDE; LAVA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MEGACRYST; MELT INCLUSION; PLAGIOCLASE; SATURATION; SILL; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84860288391     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0566-9     Document Type: Article

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