Mt Vesuvius Research Papers

A stratovolcano is also known as a composite volcano. It is built up by many layers called strato, lava, tephra, pumice and volcanic ash that has become hardened. Stratovolcanoes have a steep profile and they have many explosive eruptions that cause craters that have collapsed called calderas. The lava flow from a stratovolcano normally cools before it has the chance to spread. This is due to the viscosity of the lava being extremely high. One of the most famous stratovolcanoes is Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is known for its huge explosion that had taken out the whole town of Pompeii. When a stratovolcano erupts the magma chamber builds up until the volcano explodes. Thus causing major destruction, including, ash fall, huge lava flows and
The town is now a tourist attraction. People from all over the world come to see the people that are literally frozen in time. Another example of a stratovolcano is Mount Saint
This volcano was another devastating eruption of all time. What caused this eruption was the collapsing of a side. When the side of the volcano collapsed it caused a mudslide. In addition to the mudslide, the while forest surrounding the volcano was wiped out. Also, hundreds of people died from their lack of acknowledgement of the dangers. Most of the people in the surrounding area made it out alive. Theses eruptions have made scientist pay more attention to what happens in the world. Scientist have realized that everything that happens causes a domino effect. For example, an earthquake can cause two catastrophic events. Those two events are; tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. Now farther into the future than then, scientist have developed new technologies to detect all of the natural events in the world. In conclusion to this, I chose this type of volcano because of the interesting things I have learned about the volcano. I have learned about all volcanoes that there are multiple eruption types and multiple types of structures for the volcanoes. This is why I chose a stratovolcano, one, because of the diversity and two, because it seemed