Reconstructing the plinian and co-ignimbrite sources of large volcanic eruptions: A novel approach for the Campanian Ignimbrite

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Marti, Alejandro ^a   Folch, Arnau ^a   Costa, Antonio ^b   Engwell, Samantha ^b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; FALLOUT; HOMINID; MODEL; PALEOLITHIC; THICKNESS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; WESTERN EUROPE; ALGORITHM; EUROPE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEB BROWSER;

ALGORITHMS; EUROPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84959036458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21220     Document Type: Article

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