SEM-based methods for the analysis of basaltic ash from weak explosive activity at Etna in 2006 and the 2007 eruptive crisis at Stromboli

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 45-46, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-127

  Lautze, Nicole C ^a,b   Taddeucci, Jacopo ^a   Andronico, Daniele ^a   Cannata, Chiara ^c   Tornetta, Lauretta ^b   Scarlato, Piergiorgio ^a   Houghton, Bruce ^b   Lo Castro, Maria Deborah ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash; Chemistry; Etna; Morphology; Stromboli; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION PHASIS; ASH PARTICLES; ASH SAMPLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; ERUPTIVE PROCESS; ETNA; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; KEY ELEMENTS; MOUNT ETNA; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEMI-AUTOMATED; STROMBOLI; STROMBOLI VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ASH PARTICLES; WATER INTERACTIONS; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ASHES; BASALT; CHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANOES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BASALT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; STROMBOLI;

EID: 84863780670     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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