The campanian ignimbrite: a major prehistoric eruption in the Neapolitan area (Italy)

Title

The campanian ignimbrite: a major prehistoric eruption in the Neapolitan area (Italy)

Creator(s)

Barberi, Franco

Innocenti, Franco

Lirer, Lucio

Munno, Rossella

Pescatore, Teresa

Santacroce, Roberto

Date

1978

Is Part Of

Bulletin Volcanologique

Volume

41

Issue

1

Pages

10-31

Language

eng

ISSN

1432-0819

Short Title

The campanian ignimbrite

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597680

URI

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597680

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/NH2LQM3K/item-list

Abstract

A geological, chemical and petrographical study of the Campanian ignimbrite, a pyroclastic flow deposit erupted about 30,000 years ago on the Neapolitan area (Italy), is reported. The ignimbrite covered an area of at least 7,000 km2; it consists of a single flow unit, and the lateral variations in both pumice and lithic fragments indicate that the source was located in the Phlegraean Fields area.