Tephra dispersal during the Campanian Ignimbrite (Italy) eruption: implications for ultra-distal ash transport during the large caldera-forming eruption

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Smith, Victoria C ^a   Isaia, Roberto ^b   Engwell, Sam L ^c   Albert, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash dispersal; Caldera forming eruption; Campanian Ignimbrite; co PDC; Plinian; Tephra

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CAMPANIAN; DISPERSION; IGNIMBRITE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84971333830     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-016-1037-0     Document Type: Article

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