pompeii
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Pompeii. The famous eruption of 79 CE buried Roman cities in a time capsule. Mediterranean Volcanoes. Naples and Vicinity. Vesuvius and Monte Somma. Crater of Vesuvius. Crater of Vesuvius. The 1944 Lava Flow. The 1944 Lava Flow. Funiculi, Funicula…. Street Scene in Pompeii. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Pompeii
The famous eruption of 79 CE buried Roman cities in a time
capsule
Mediterranean Volcanoes
Naples and Vicinity
Vesuvius and Monte Somma
Crater of Vesuvius
Crater of Vesuvius
The 1944 Lava Flow
The 1944 Lava Flow
Funiculi, Funicula….
Street Scene in Pompeii
Roman Fast Food
Roman Plumbing
The Gladiator School
A Minor Mystery
Victim of Vesuvius
Victims of Vesuvius
Ash Flows from
Vesuvius
Volcanic Explosivity IndexVEI Classification Description Ejecta volume Frequency
0 Hawaiian non-explosive > 1000 m³ daily
1 Strombolian gentle > 10,000 m³ daily
2 Vulcanian explosive > 1,000,000 m³ weekly
3 Pelean severe > 10,000,000 m³ yearly
4 Pelean/Plinian cataclysmic > 0.1 km³ 10 yrs+
5 Plinian paroxysmal > 1 km³ 50 yrs+
6 Ultra-Plinian colossal > 10 km³ 100 yrs+
7 Ultra-Plinian super-colossal > 100 km³ 1000 yrs+
8 Ultra-Plinian mega-colossal > 1000 km³ 10,000 yrs+
Vesuvius, March 1944
Pliny: “Like a pine tree”
Vesuvius 1631 and 1694
