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Contrasting cinder cones on the flanks of Mount Etna, Sicily

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. Hammill
M. Hammill
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Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, England
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Summary

Paired eruptive complexes consisting of a symmetrical and an asymmetrical cinder cone are described from Mount Etna. The contrasts in shape and fumarolic activity and the temporal relations of the cones are ascribed to the level of magma in the underlying conduit.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 116 , Issue 2 , March 1979 , pp. 135 - 138
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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