Erosional characteristics and behavior of large pyroclastic density currents

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1035-1038

  Scarpati, Claudio ^a   Perrotta, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN IGNIMBRITE; FLAT SURFACES; NEAPOLITAN YELLOW TUFFS; PLINIAN; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS; RUGGED TOPOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EROSION;

EROSION; IGNIMBRITE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

PLINIA;

EID: 84868699498     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33380.1     Document Type: Article

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