Eruption dynamics and tephra dispersal from the 24 November 2006 paroxysm at South-East Crater, Mt Etna, Italy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-91

  Andronico, Daniele ^a   Scollo, Simona ^a   Lo Castro, Maria Deborah ^a   Cristaldi, Antonio ^a   Lodato, Luigi ^a   Taddeucci, Jacopo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 November 2006 paroxysm; Ash componentry; Magma gas decoupling; Mt etna; Tephra deposit

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EXPLOSIVES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; VOLCANOES;

24 NOVEMBER 2006 PAROXYSM; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MAGMA/GAS DECOUPLING; MT ETNA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITY; TEPHRA DEPOSITS;

FALLOUT;

CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FALLOUT; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84896834892     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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