Are The Similarities Between Mount Vesuvius And Mount Tambora Volcano
Introduction
This poster will compare and contrast two major volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius located on the Italian east coast and Mount Tambora located on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Volcanoes are the most destructive natural disasters. Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora have caused great destruction in the past, killing many people and destroying entire cities. This poster will compare and contrast the volcanoes types/structure, the cause of the eruptions and the current levels of activity .
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Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora are stratovolcanoes. A stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano that often reaches the height of 2500 meters. They are made up of one layer of hardened lava, tephra (often called block rocks or bombs), and volcanic ash and are characterized by a step profile and periodic and explosive eruptions. The lava is highly viscous or thick, it cools and hardens quickly before spreading far. The magma is composed of rock that is acidic, and high in silica.
Mount Vesuvius reaches the height 1281 metres, while Mount Tambora reached the height of 4300 metres before it erupted in 1815. The crater is 6 km in diametre and 1,100 metres deep. …show more content…
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration website (NASA) an estimated 150 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of tephra—exploded rock and ash—resulted, with ash from the eruption found at least 1,300 kilometers away from the volcano. Historical records and analysis of eruption deposits show that the volcano had been active between 1812 and 1815. Enough ash was put into the atmosphere from the April 10 eruption to reduce sunlight on the Earth’s surface, causing cooling, which resulted in year without a summer in
This poster will compare and contrast two major volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius located on the Italian east coast and Mount Tambora located on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Volcanoes are the most destructive natural disasters. Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora have caused great destruction in the past, killing many people and destroying entire cities. This poster will compare and contrast the volcanoes types/structure, the cause of the eruptions and the current levels of activity .
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Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora are stratovolcanoes. A stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano that often reaches the height of 2500 meters. They are made up of one layer of hardened lava, tephra (often called block rocks or bombs), and volcanic ash and are characterized by a step profile and periodic and explosive eruptions. The lava is highly viscous or thick, it cools and hardens quickly before spreading far. The magma is composed of rock that is acidic, and high in silica.
Mount Vesuvius reaches the height 1281 metres, while Mount Tambora reached the height of 4300 metres before it erupted in 1815. The crater is 6 km in diametre and 1,100 metres deep. …show more content…
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration website (NASA) an estimated 150 cubic kilometers (36 cubic miles) of tephra—exploded rock and ash—resulted, with ash from the eruption found at least 1,300 kilometers away from the volcano. Historical records and analysis of eruption deposits show that the volcano had been active between 1812 and 1815. Enough ash was put into the atmosphere from the April 10 eruption to reduce sunlight on the Earth’s surface, causing cooling, which resulted in year without a summer in