MT.VESUVIUS LOCATION MT. VESUVIUS IS LOCATED IN VESUVIUS,ITALY MT.VESUVIUS’ ELEVATION IS 4,200...
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THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE MOLD OF A THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE MOLD OF A DOG THAT WAS CHAINED TO A POLE DOG THAT WAS CHAINED TO A POLE AT THE TIME OF THE ERUPTION.AT THE TIME OF THE ERUPTION.
DEATHS
• 3,360 PEOPLE DIED IN THE ERUPTION OF 79 A.D.
• IN THE PICTURE ARE SKELETONS OF PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO HIDE FROM THE ASH
ROCK
• THE ROCK FOUND ON MT.VESUVIUS IS TEPHRITE, A BASALTIC ROCK.
• THE OLDEST ROCK FOUND AT VESUVIUS IS 300,000 YEARS OLD.
The Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex is a central composite volcano formed by and older stratovolcano (Monte Somma) with a summit caldera partially filled by the composite cone of Vesuvius.
Herculaneum was buried under 75 feet (23 m) of ash deposited by a pyroclastic flow. This photo shows buildings that were near the waterfront.
Vesuvius has continued its activity intermittently ever since A.D.79 with numerous minor eruptions and several major eruptions occurring in 1631, 1794, 1872, 1906, and in 1944 in the midst of the Italian campaign of World War II. ...
In a "Vesuvian" eruption, as typified by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.79, great quantities of ash-laden gas are violently discharged to form a cauliflower-shaped cloud high above the volcano.
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