Plinian eruption
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title:
Plinian eruption
text:
Plinian eruptions or Vesuvian eruptions are volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The eruption was described in a letter written by Pliny the Younger, after the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder. Plinian/Vesuvian eruptions are marked by columns of volcanic debris and hot gases ejected high into the stratosphere, the second layer of Earth's atmosphere. The key characteristics
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Type of volcanic eruption
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plinian_eruption
date created:
2004-11-12T02:17:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:13:17Z
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