world, some may be dormant then may become active. There are some volcanoes that destroyed all of the living things around them, such as, Vesuvius, and Mt. St Helens. Some volcanoes are very different from the others. There could be different ways a volcano could erupt. Vesuvius and Mt. St Helens both destroyed a great amount of land around them. Furthermore, the two volcanoes caused Earth quakes. In addition, these two volcanoes are one of the most famous volcanoes. According to my blogs, “…
AD, 24th of August, a volcano named Mount Vesuvius erupted and caused mass destruction in Pompeii, Italy during Midday. The eruption lasted for more than 24 hours causing parts of the nearby environment to be negatively affected. According to figure number one, Mt Vesuvius is located in the Metropolitan City of Italy. The location of this particular point is 40.822383 latitude and 14.428906 longitude or 40°49′ N, 14°26′ E. Mt Vesuvius is known to be the only active volcano in Mainland Europe. It…
are records of volcanic activity in the mountain decades before, but this eruption is by far the worst. The mountain has been active for decades, and still is to this day. There have been reports of minor eruptions in 1898, 1903, and 1932. The volcano was relatively…
fifty homes, forty-seven bridges, fifteen miles of railways and one hundred eighty-five miles of highway. Mount Saint Helens had been dormant for the past one hundred twenty-three years. The volcano was also a strato-volcano. The volcano is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanos formed over a subduction plate. The Cascade Volcanic Arc is a major range of volcanoes stretching all the way from British,…
Archaeological Project Mount Vesuvius: Pompeii On August 24, in the year 79 A.D., the Vesuvius volcano erupted suddenly in southern Italy. Rock and ash covered the urbanized city of 25,000: Pompeii. The Roman colony was just recovering from a bad earthquake in 62 A.D. Mount Vesuvius had erupted more than 50 times before. 25 hours of pumice, rock, and ash being pumped out of the volcano and onto the vulnerable, unknowing town of Pompeii. About 2,000 people were killed in this eruption…
Over the centuries, the city was abandoned and forgotten as the memory of Pompeii became nothing but a legend passed throughout generations by word of mouth. Despite the fact that the ancient objects from Pompeii were discovered sporadically, the city itself was not found until the 18th century. Ever since, excavations have gone deeper into the city’s mysterious secrets. Archaeological finds reveal how people lived during that time, as well as how they died during the…
However, Iceland is different geologically than the oceanic floor along most of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, so the activity may be significantly different between the two areas of the Ridge. Methods The Volcano Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA) database was used to gather data on volcanic eruption histories along the the North American-Eurasian plate boundary. This database is maintained by several international institutions and is endorsed…
1 Camila Rejalaga Sept 24,2017 Earth 101 Volcano Project 2. What we learned from Mount Saint Helens: Surprises and New Science from the Eruption (Brochure) Welcome to Mt. Saint Helens Park Visitor Center! To better understand Mt. Saint Helens we must first go back to 1980. Although some of you might not have been born yet it was in that year that the US experienced its most destructive volcanic eruption in its history. Most of you might have already guessed it but it happened right here…
The Florentine Codex started in the 16th century in Mesoamerica by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun. This consist of 2,400 pages organized into twelve books. It is in Nahuatl, Spanish, and pictorials. The final version of the Florentine Codex was finished in 1569.the book twelve in the Florentine Codex are written in the following way: 1. Religious beliefs 2. Humanity, 3. Natural history. From Tenochtitlan-Tlatelolco perspective, the conquest of Mexico is the only strictly historical.…
the Cascade Range in Western North America in the state of Washington. It was formed by a subduction plate boundary also located on the Juan de Fuca plate. The Cascade range is one of the most famous mountain ranges, and has one of the most active volcanos located in Western North America. Other areas or famous landmarks surrounding Mount St. Helens are the South Fork Toutle River, North Fork Toutle River, Castel lake, Coldwater lake, St. Helens Lake, Spirit Lake, Pumice Plain, and Upper Muddy…