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    Pompeii and Herculaneum

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    produce the wine‚ but relied on the big farm cellars outside the walls of Pompeii. Wheat was farmed to be crushed by volcanic stone for the bread industry; a thriving trade in both towns with around 30 bakeries being excavated in Pompeii. Brick ovens and lava stone mills were turned by donkies‚ their skeletons being found in the mills of Herculaneum. The Villa Regina at Boscoreale was excavated with cultivated land from 1977‚ there‚ 18 storage jars‚ a storage capacity of 10 000L‚ a grape press‚ signs

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    the great bell was to be made; and Ko-Ngai‚ together with her waiting-woman‚ accompanied her father to the foundry‚ and they took their places upon a platform overlooking the toiling of the moulders and the lava of liquefied metal. Then Ko- Ngai leaped into the white flood of metal and the lava of the furnace roared to receive her. All was shocked including his father and her waiting-woman holding her shoe. But in spite of all these things‚ the command of the Celestial and August had to be obeyed

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    Giant Causeway Case Study

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    made up of rugged countryside nonetheless it is mostly tranquil farmland. 50-60 million years ago it was a volcanic activity hotbed. These volcanic activities meant the area was a portion of the Province of Thulean‚ an enormous basalt lava plain. This molten basalt lava began to cool so fast At the Giant’s Causeway. This eventually made the basalt to contract and then fracture‚ just like how mud does when it dries. The process of cooling left behind objects

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    The Impact Of Plate Tectonics on the Caribbean * The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. * Volcanic activity in the Caribbean itself‚ as distinct from Central America‚ is largely limited to the eastern Caribbean. Here‚ the Caribbean plate‚ moving approximately west to east‚ meets the North American plate‚ which is moving approximately east to west. This creates what is known as a seductions

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    GEOGRAPHY WORK FINAL

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    Geography Stefen Ewers December 4‚ 2014. QUESTION: “The secondary effects of lithospheric hazards are often more serious than the  hazard event itself.”  Discuss this statement. [20 marks] The lithosphere is that portion of the outermost part of the earth. It consists of the curst and the upper mantle. A hazard is considered as any threat that has the potential to cause loss of life or injury or damage to property. We can therefore assume that term a lithospheric hazard refers to those that are

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    Santorini, Greece

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    believe that they were the first in Europe to develop a written language. This thriving metropolis with paved roadways and running water flourished until the colossal volcanic eruption destroyed them. Entombed and preserved under a gentle layer of lava and volcanic ash‚ today travelers can visit the archeological site of Akrotiri‚ and get a rare glimpse of this once prosperous society. In addition‚ artifacts and sculptures excavated from the ancient city are housed and placed on display at the Museum

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    were found from people and animals that were buried alive.) This drastically changed Vesuvius completely. Mt. Vesuvius had literally “blew it’s top” when it erupted in AD 79. The glowing avalanches that were seen through the thick ash clouds was lava that

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    Name: kamal subedi Student ID: 21354 Email: ksubedi354@wuv.edu Book Review: science- Definitive guide‚ Quercus publishing This is the fine book of science by Bizony Piers. Piers tries to touch all the aspect of sciences and give the briefly and somewhere even detail overview on every beats and pieces of all the aspects of science. Each part starts with very good scientific background with his research and clear definition before moving on to a more in-depth exploration of its coverage. Piers Bizony

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    Memorable Experience

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    thoroughly enjoyed myself. I loved eating out away from home‚ and it was always a big treat to me. Since it was my birthday I ordered a steak‚ the staff surprised me by singing Happy Birthday and bringing me a free piece of delicious chocolate lava cake. Chocolate lava cake happened to be my favorite dessert so you could not imagine the happiness it brought me for them to surprise me with it. Afterward‚ we all went to Walmart and David told me I could pick out one toy from the toy isle‚ and he would buy

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    were also emitted by the volcano. from june 7 to june 12 the magma reached the surface of mount pinatunbo. because of the gas pressure the magma erupted out with an amazing strength but did not cause an explosive eruption because it just formed a lava dome. on june 12 tons of gas charged magma reached the top of the volcano and erupted with the very first proper eruption. when even more magma reached the top the volcano erupted in a cataclysmic eruption on june 15. the eruption ejected more than

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