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Two major surges struck and destroyed Pompeii. Herculaneum and all its population no longer existed. The emplacement temperature range of the first surge was 180–220 °C (360–430 °F), minimum temperatures; of the second, 220–260 °C (430–500 °F). The depositional temperature of the first was 140–300 °C (280–570 °F).
Lava flows from Vesuvius in 1760 The eruption of Vesuvius in 1794. Since 1750, seven of the eruptions of Vesuvius have had durations of more than five years; only Mount Etna has had as many long-duration eruptions in the last 270 years. [26] The two most recent eruptions of Vesuvius (1875–1906 and 1913–1944) each lasted more than 30 years. [26]
The Mercato eruption (Pomici di Mercato) of Mount Vesuvius was a Plinian eruption that occurred around 8,010 ± 40 14C yr BP (8,890 ± 90 cal yr BP). [3] The Global Volcanism Program claims that the eruption had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 5, [1] while Zanella et al. (2014) estimate it had a VEI of 6. [2]
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum ...
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It forms in the lowest temperature range, from about 1200 °F to 1470 °F. [ 1 ] , [ 3 ] Rhyolitic magma has the highest viscosity and gas content. [ 1 ] It produces the most explosive volcanic eruptions, including the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius . [ 1 ]
Image of Vesuvius Observatory and Mount Vesuvius(c. 19th Century) In 1841, around 200 years after the 1631 eruption, the Vesuvius Observatory was established. [11] This marked a huge milestone in the study of volcanology, as it was the first ever volcanological observatory.