Eruptive processes leading to the most explosive lava fountain at Etna volcano: The 23 November 2013 episode

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4912-4919

  Bonaccorso, A ^a   Calvari, S ^a   Linde, A ^b   Sacks, S ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Etna volcano; explosive end member; lava fountains; strain

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; STRAIN;

ERUPTIVE PROCESS; ETNA VOLCANOS; LAVA FOUNTAINS; THERMAL IMAGES;

FOUNTAINS;

GAS FLOW; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84904518278     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060623     Document Type: Article

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