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Plinian eruptions, also known as ' Vesuvian eruptions ', are volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 ( as described in a letter written by Pliny the Younger, and which killed his uncle Pliny the Elder ).
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For years after large Plinian eruptions, the blue cast of the sky is notably brightened due to the persistent sulfate load of the stratospheric gases.
* Plinian eruption, volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 ( as described in a letter written by Pliny the Younger )
Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3, 000, 000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive ( Plinian ) eruptions.
Such eruptions have been named Plinian in honour of the two authors.
The volcano usually generates Plinian eruptions, which produce swift-moving currents of hot gas and rock called pyroclastic flows.
As is the case for many subduction-zone volcanoes, Nevado del Ruiz can generate explosive Plinian eruptions with associated pyroclastic flows that can melt snow and glaciers near the summit, producing large and sometimes devastating lahars ( mud and debris flows ).
The episode consisted of three Plinian eruptions, which were heard up to from the summit of the volcano.
Commonly associated with unsieved volcanic activity – such as Plinian or krakatoan eruption styles, or phreatomagmatic eruptions – pyroclastic deposits are commonly formed from airborne ash, lapilli and bombs or blocks ejected from the volcano itself, mixed in with shattered country rock.
While the initial phases were dominated by basaltic lava flows and pyroclastic deposits, the final phase was characterized by pumice, surges, lahars, and pyroclastic flows characteristic of Plinian and sub-Plinian eruptions.
Much of its activity is Strombolian, but occasional Plinian eruptions also occur, sometimes showering the any of the nearby Departments with ash.
Avellino has also received ashfall from numerous eruptions of Vesuvius which lies almost due west ; the city is the type locality of pumice deposited from a Plinian eruption of Vesuvius about 3800 years ago.
These diverse formations were created by different styles of volcanic activity, including Peléan and Plinian eruptions.
The intra-calderan activity has been essentially marked by Trachyte sub-Plinian and Plinian eruptions, with some having hydromagmatic characteristics.
Plinian eruptions are marked by columns of gas and volcanic ash extending high into the stratosphere, a high layer of the atmosphere.
Plinian eruptions are often accompanied by loud noises, such as those generated by Krakatoa.
Basaltic lavas are unusual for Plinian eruptions ; the most recent example is the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera.
Within the caldera are numerous pumice cones and maars resulting from Plinian and Phreto-plinian eruptions from 5000 years.
By 1932, Quizapu had produced many phreatic events and one effusive eruption, but no large Plinian eruptions.
Dacitic to rhyolitic lavas have been linked to subplinian and Plinian eruptions, such as those at Quizapu ( 1932 ) and Hudson ( 1991 ).
In the 1595 eruption, three distinct Plinian eruptions produced lahars that claimed the lives of 636 people.
There had been two Plinian type of eruptions of ancient Mount Sunda dated respectively at 105000 and 55000-50000 BP.
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Cresting at in elevation, Quizapu is one the highest known Plinian craters.
Every known type of eruption ( Hawaiian, Strombolian, Plinian, subplinian, phreatic, phreatomagmatic, and Vulcanian ) has occurred at some point in the range.
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In January 1862, he corresponded with Charles Darwin on botanical matters, recollecting their evenings together at the Plinian Society with his brother-in-law William A. F.
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The 79 CE Plinian eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano looming adjacent to Naples, completely covered the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum with pyroclastic surge deposits.
* Fountain collapse of an eruption column from a Plinian eruption ( e. g., Mount Vesuvius's destruction of Pompeii, see Pliny the Younger ).
The crater collapsed 430, 000 years ago during a Plinian eruption, forming a subsidence caldera ( 2000 meters in diameter and 300 metres depth ), referred to as the Caldeirão.
A panorama of the Caldeirão, the remnants of the last Plinian eruption on the island of Corvo, as seen from the crater rim around Malaguetas
The volcano's Plinian / Ultra-Plinian eruption on June 15, 1991 produced the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.
It was Plinian in nature, sending an eruption column at least high into the stratosphere.
* The AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy, which was the prototypical Plinian eruption.
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, the Plinian eruption was able to proceed efficiently, with minimal drag and minimal reshaping of the crater.
The activity was a Plinian eruption.
The eruption began with a Plinian plume that extended into the stratosphere, and the ashfall and accompanying earthquakes caused substantial damage to the major cities of Arequipa ( to the west ) and Moquegua.
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It is more likely that the ancient Sundanese have lived in the Bandung area long before 16, 000 years BP and witnessed the second Plinian eruption which wiped out settlements west of the Cikapundung river ( north and northwest of Bandung ) during the 55000-50000 eruption period when Mount Tangkuban Parahu was created from the remnants of ancient Mount Sunda.
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Grant was a stalwart of the Plinian Society for student naturalists, which Charles Darwin joined in the autumn of 1826 on starting his second year of medical studies at Edinburgh University.
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Eruptions in the " Ultra Plinian " category include Lake Toba ( 74 ka ), Tambora ( 1815 ), and Krakatoa ( 1883 ).
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Nitrogen oxides can also be produced naturally by lightning strikes and sulfur dioxide is produced by volcanic eruptions.
There are also signs of carbon dioxide eruptions from the southern polar ice cap of Mars.
Towards the Late Cretaceous large volcanic eruptions are also believed to have contributed to the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event.
In addition to the classic experiment, reminiscent of Charles Darwin's envisioned " warm little pond ", Miller had also performed more experiments, including one with conditions similar to those of volcanic eruptions.
There is also significant evidence that massive flood basalt eruptions from magma output lasting thousands of years in what is now the Siberian Traps contributed to environmental stress leading to mass extinction.
Large eruptions can affect temperature as ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscure the sun and cool the Earth's lower atmosphere or troposphere ; however, they also absorb heat radiated up from the Earth, thereby warming the stratosphere.
Basaltic tuffs are also of wide spread occurrence both in districts where volcanoes are now active and in lands where eruptions have long since ended.
It is proper ,' he observes in continuation, to derive our explanations from things which are obvious, and in some measure of daily occurrence, such as deluges, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and sudden swellings of the land beneath the sea ; for the last raise up the sea also, and when the same lands subside again, they occasion the sea to be let down.
Minor eruptions of Mount St. Helens have also occurred since, most recently in 2006.
The cones built by eruptions also build substantial new topography, which can be acted upon by other surface processes.
Apart from possibly affecting climate, volcanic clouds from explosive eruptions also pose a hazard to aviation safety.
Ash is also produced when magma comes into contact with water during phreatomagmatic eruptions, causing the water to explosively flash to steam leading to shattering of magma.
Volcanic ash is also produced during phreatomagmatic eruptions.
Tephra is also often used as a dating tool in archaeology, since the dates of some eruptions are well-established.
It was the noxious effects of the lead which caused skin eruptions ( which also encouraged ladies to powder their skins more vigorously to mask their blemishes ) and eventually blood-poisoning which killed Maria on 30 September 1760.
In areas on or near volcanoes, flash floods have also occurred after eruptions, when glaciers have been melted by the intense heat.
The eruptions occurred in two episodes, 10-50 yrs apart, and are thought to have lasted for several years during the later shield forming episode The first episode erupted most of the volcanic ash that mantles Motutapu Island next door, and also produced the lower, northern, scoria cone.
This period also started with fissural basalts, but ended with violent eruptions of pyroclastic flows.
Apart from forest fires, pyrocumulus clouds can also be produced by volcanic eruptions.
* Volcanic Complex of Madalena-the most recent volcanic complex, with both geological and historical eruptions ; it includes the basaltic stratovolcano of Pico, but also many of the cones, faults and lava fields that circle the 2, 351 meter summit.
Methane-driven oceanic eruptions have also been shown to have caused smaller mass extinction events.
Geological and climatic catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, avalanches, meteors, floods, fires, and high wind also bring allogenic changes.
Satellite gravity field measurements show a positive gravity anomaly centered on the caldera complex, suggesting the presence of a 600x300 km north-south elongated extinct magma chamber below, containing dense minerals ( probably mainly pyroxene, with olivine also possible ) that precipitated out of magma before eruptions.
From 600, 000 to 400, 000 years ago, eruptions built a large conical stratovolcano called Mount Tehama ( also called Brokeoff Volcano ) in what is now the southwest corner of the park.
They also provide a detailed record of eruptions in progress.
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