The 2011-2012 summit activity of Mount Etna: Birth, growth and products of the new SE crater

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 270, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-21

  Behncke, Boris ^a   Branca, Stefano ^a   Corsaro, Rosa Anna ^a   De Beni, Emanuela ^a   Miraglia, Lucia ^a   Proietti, Cristina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collapsing foam model; Etna; Lava and tephra volume; Scoria cone growth; Summit eruptions

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSING FOAM; ETNA; LAVA AND TEPHRA VOLUME; SCORIA CONE; SUMMIT ERUPTIONS;

CONES; SURVEYS; VOLCANOES;

ROCK PRODUCTS;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATER; FORMATION MECHANISM; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84890164136     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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