eruption. The book starts out in Pompeii during the eruption‚ but everyone assumes it’s just the weather heating up as summer ends. However‚ one man is curious to find out what is happening and after a few days of research‚ he finds out that the volcano and its ashes will destroy the Bay of Naples‚ Pompeii‚ and other cities surrounding Mt. Vesuvius. He and Pliny the Elder try to lead people to safety but the book ends with Pliny dying trying to send people away on war ships and no one finding the
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Thera‚ the volcanic caldera in Greece that violently erupted 3500 years ago spawning the myth of Atlantis‚ and wiping out most of the Minoan civilization‚ is deforming. Scientists suggest that this caldera‚ a crater-like volcano that has collapsed in the past‚ may erupt again‚ making the people of the island vulnerable. The deformation could cause many disasters such as tsunamis‚ earthquakes‚ and obviously eruptions. Scientists argue whether the volcanic caldera unrest is actually a threat to the
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life and property. Predicting a volcano’s eruption accurately will lead to more saved lives and ensure our safety. When a volcano erupts it produces many threats. Some of these threats are lava flows‚ falling ash‚ and they may even cause other threats like mud and debris flows‚ or they can cause the climate to change which may lead to tsunamis or earthquakes. A volcano can cause many horrible things like earthquakes. They can cause mud slides. Mud slides are very powerful. They can destroy cities
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Chaitén and Etna comparison essay Chaitén is a 2.5km wide and 4km long volcano that is located in the south east of Chile and erupted for the first time in around 9‚400 years on Friday 2nd May. The volcano is a caldera which is situated above a subduction zone where the Pacific Ocean plate is consumed beneath the South American continental crust. The volcano is composed of viscous rhyolitic lavas and pyroclastics and is typical of the magmas rising through the young fold mountains of the Andes
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difference between magma and lava? •Molten rock below the surface of the Earth that rises in volcanic vents is known as magma‚ but after it erupts from a volcano it is called lava 3. What are the main types of volcanoes? •cinder cones‚ composite volcanoes‚ shield volcanoes‚ and lava domes. 4. The Hawaiian Islands are what type of volcano? How tall is Mauna Loa? •Shield volcanoes; 13‚677 feet above sea level 5. What type of volcanoes are the most violent? •Plinian 6. Are all eruptions
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Nonetheless‚ these volcanoes did damage to land and loss of life. Some people even lived by these volcanos‚ it may awesome to live by a volcano‚ or it may be terrifying. Nonetheless‚ if you were to live by a volcano while it was erupting‚ the event would be terrifying from the tremors of a volcano‚ moreover‚ many years ago St. Helens erupted‚ the tremors were horrific‚ people who lived by this volcano were terrified they probably had to evacuate their homes‚ leaving things behind that were important
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Earthquake‚ shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the Earth‚ usually in the form of strain in rocks‚ suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the Earth by earthquake waves. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its magnitude and duration‚ or the amount of shaking that occurs. A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage
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CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD There are many volcanos in the world‚ but one particular volcano called Mount Vesuvius is over thousands of years old. It was so powerful that it erupted over 50 times in total so far. When this volcano had its famous eruption‚ it buried the ancient roman city under a very large layer of ash from the volcano. During this event people who lived in the ancient roman city were trying to survive from this tragedy. Over two thousand people had died along with the city being
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What is Volcanic Eruption? A volcano can be simply defined as a rupture or an opening on the crust of a planet like earth. This opening allows hot ash‚ molten rock and gases to blow off from the underground spaces. Volcanoes generally acquire shape of a mountain. Volcanoes are usually found at places where tectonic plates get converged or diverged. But there existence at a particular place depends upon many environmental and geological factors. Volcanoes can also occur at a place because of
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Introduction A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without
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