The 3550 year BP-1944 A.D.magma-plumbing system of Somma-Vesuvius: constraints on its behaviour and present state through a review of Sr-Nd isotope data

Vesuvius, dominating the densely-populated Neapolitan area, is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the World. Its destructive power derives from energetic subplinian and plinian eruptions, such as the one which occurred in 79 A.D. Generally such large-scale events follow a long period of quiescen...

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Main Authors: G. Mastrolorenzo, M. Piochi, L. Pappalardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2004-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
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Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3354