Stratovolcano

Pompeii Disaster There have been few natural disasters quite as catastrophic as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The volcano destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum by burying them in molten ash, pumice, sulfuric gas, and mud. The eruption killed thousands of people, and the cities have never been rebuilt since. (History.com) The cities were left undiscovered for 1700 years, until 1748. The discovery of Pompeii led to the revelation of artifacts, bodies and…

Mount Cleveland is one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes. It has erupted more than 20 times in 230 years. Mount Cleveland is a nearly symmetrical, stratovolcano on the western end of Chuginadak Island, which is part of the Islands of Four Mountains. The Islands of Four Mountains are just west of Umnak Island in the Fox Islands located in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. In 1894 a team from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (formerly the United States Survey of the Coast) visited the island and…

stands about 4000 ft above sea level, and is part of the Companian volcanic arc, which is a line of volcanoes that formed over a subduction zone created by the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates (Ball, 2016). Vesuvius is classed as a stratovolcano because its eruptions are typically explosive and violent in nature, and are accompanied by pyroclastic flows. These flows contain a high-density mix of hot lava blocks, pumice, ash and volcanic gas. They move at very high speed down…

Vesuvius is a stratovolcano, which means ash and lava built up to form the volcano. Vesuvius has many layers from its previous eruptions. With so many eruptions, Vesuvius was bound to be categorized as a complex volcano, which means it has 2 or more vents. The reason why…

Vesuvius is the most active volcano in Europe, being the only one to erupt in 100 years. Which makes it strange that more people are living around it, than any other volcano region anywhere in the world, two million to be exact! It’s classified as a stratovolcano. That means that it was built up when lava, and other stuff that spewed out of the volcano, hardened; building up layers.Mt. Vesuvius is currently 4300 feet tall. The name may have been derived from a latinized…

#1. The title of this work of are is Under the Wave off Kanagawa it is also referred to as The Great Wave. The dimensions of this particular work, measures ten and one-eights by 14 and fifteenth-sixteenths inches. The date that the Wave off Kanagawa was created 1830 till 1832. The medium that was used in the creation of this work of art is: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. #2. In the Wave off Kanagawa there is obviously a gigantic wave that takes up most of the portrait.…

The Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius In 79 A.D. One of the most well known ancient volcanic eruptions in European history is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. This catastrophic eruption took place in southern Italy, and completely devastated the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands of people. What was most memorable about this infamous disaster was how Pompeii and Herculaneum became frozen in time from the Volcano’s eruption. The cities and their inhabitants…

County. It is 96 miles south of Seattle, Washington, and 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. It is also known as Louwala-Clough, or Lawetlat 'la to the indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit to the Klickitat. Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano or composite volcano, a steepsided and often symmetrical cone constructe. Thess type of volcanoes tend to erupt explosively and pose considerable danger to nearby life and property of lava flows, ash, and other volcanic debris. Mount St.…

Professor Fara Lindsay Earthquakes and Volcanoes Homework 1 June 15th, 2016 Sabancaya The volcano I choose to write about is none other than the Sabancaya volcano. It is located in the Andes mountains in Peru. This particular volcano is a stratovolcano part of a collection of three glacially covered volcanoes. The elevation of the Sabancaya volcano is 5967 meters high and it is the smallest of the three, however, it happens to be the most active. Volcanic ash and gases are the products of…

Earthquakes and Society While researching volcanic eruptions that had a major impact on humans, there are many different sizes and outcomes across the earth. One volcano that had one of the greatest impacts to not only the people but, the surrounding town and environment is Mount Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius can be found on the western coast of Italy and is one of the only active volcanoes in that region. The fact that the major city Naples and other surrounding cities are within close…