Caldera of a quaternary volcano located north west of Naples. The erupted lavas vary in composition from K-basalts to alkali-trachyte and phonolite.
Ref.:
- Breislak, S.,(1798): Topografia Fisica della Campania, Brazzini Firenze
- Scacchi, A., (1848): Memorie Geologiche della Campania, Rend. Acc. Sci. Napoli, 41, 8-43
- Roth, J. (1857): Der Vesuv und die Umgebung von Neapel, XVII. Das phlegraeische Gebiet, Wilhelm Hertz, Berlin, 479 ff
- vom Rath, G. (1866): Mineralogisch-geognostische Fragmente aus Italien. Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, 18, 614 ff
- Scacchi, A., (1890): La Regione Vulcanica Fluorifera della Campania, (II Edition). Mem. Regio Com. Geol. d'It. Vol IV, Firenze
- Rittmann, A., (1950): Sintesi Geologica dei Campi Flegrei, Boll. Soc. Geol. It., LXIX-II, 117-128
- Pichler, H. (1970): Italienische Vulkangebiete II, Bornträger Berlin Stuttgart
- Di Vito, M., Lirer, L., Mastrolorenzo, G., Rolandi, G., Scandone, R. (1985): Volcanological Map of Campi Flegrei; Min. Prot. Civ., Univ. degli Studi di Napoli
- Lirer, L., Luongo, G., Scandone, R., (1987): On the Volcanological Evolution of Campi Flegrei, EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 68, 226-234.
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- Rosi, M., Sbrana, A. (1987): Phlegrean fields, Quaderni de “la Ricerca scientifica” -114- , Vol.9, Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Roma
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