Continuous magma recharge at Mt. Etna during the 2011–2013 period controls the style of volcanic activity and compositions of erupted lavas

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-83

  Viccaro, Marco ^a   Calcagno, Rosario ^a   Garozzo, Ileana ^a   Giuffrida, Marisa ^a   Nicotra, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84939650284     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: 14381168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-014-0352-4     Document Type: Article

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