Relationship between petrologic processes in the plumbing system of Mt. Etna and the dynamics of the eastern flank from 1995 to 2005

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-89

  Corsaro, R A ^a   Di Renzo, V ^b   Distefano, S ^a   Miraglia, L ^a   Civetta, L ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulk rock composition; Flank instability; Fractional crystallization; Mixing; Mt. Etna; Volcano plumbing system

Indexed keywords

BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; FLANK INSTABILITY; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MT. ETNA; PLUMBING SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ISOTOPES; MIXING; PETROGRAPHY; PLUMBING; STRONTIUM; VOLCANOES;

WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84873438642     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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