Unexpected hazards from tephra fallouts at Mt Etna: The 23 November 2013 lava fountain

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 304, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-125

  Andronico, Daniele ^a   Scollo, Simona ^a   Cristaldi, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bomb fallout; Highly explosive event; Lava fountain; Mt. Etna; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CONFINED FLOW; DEPOSITS; EXPLOSIVES; FALLOUT; FOUNTAINS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; EXPLOSIVE EVENTS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LAVA FOUNTAINS; MT. ETNA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

HAZARDS;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FALLOUT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAVA; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84940744068     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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