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Several types of
volcanic eruptions—during
which material is
expelled from a
volcanic vent or fissure—have been
distinguished by volcanologists. These...
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summit and
escalated until a
major explosive eruption took
place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The
eruption,
which had a
volcanic explosivity index of 5...
- Of the many
eruptions of
Mount Vesuvius, a
major stratovolcano in
southern Italy, the best-known is its
eruption in 79 AD,
which was one of the deadliest...
- past 500 years.
Historical observations accounted its
first eruption in 1616. The
first eruption for
which an
extended account exists was the six-day event...
- The Hōei
eruption of
Mount Fuji
started on
December 16, 1707 (during the Hōei era, 23rd day of the 11th
month of the 4th year) and
ended on
February 24...
- The 1883
eruption of
Krakatoa (Indonesian:
Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the
Sunda Strait occurred from 20 May
until 21
October 1883,
peaking in the late morning...
-
Hatepe eruption,
named for the
Hatepe Plinian pumice tephra layer,
sometimes referred to as the Taupō
eruption or
Horomatangi Reef Unit Y
eruption, is dated...
- Peléan
eruptions are a type of
volcanic eruption. They can
occur when
viscous magma,
typically of
rhyolitic or
andesitic type, is involved, and share...
- free dictionary. A
phreatic eruption, also
called a
phreatic explosion,
ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast
eruption,
occurs when
magma heats ground...
- A
limnic eruption, also
known as a lake overturn, is a very rare type of
natural disaster in
which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2)
suddenly erupts from...
