Discovery of a Plinian basaltic eruption of Roman age at Etna volcano, Italy

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1095-1098

  Coltelli, Mauro ^a   Del Carlo, Paola ^a,b   Vezzoli, Luigina ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLCANOES;

BASALTIC ERUPTIONS; EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS; ETNA VOLCANOS; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PLINIAN; PLINIAN ERUPTION;

BASALT;

BASALT; HOLOCENE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ITALY;

EID: 84879884837     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1095:DOAPBE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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