Mount+Vesuvius,+Italy,+79+A.D.+(302)

Materials produced in eruption//** ||= **//Human response (before and after)//** ||= **//No. of casualties/ Main cause of casualty//** ||= **//Terms that might need explanation//** || In such an eruption a column of various materials (called tephra) is ejected into the atmosphere, creating what looks like a mushroom cloud (or, perhaps, pine tree). Mt. Vesuvius' column is projected to have reached about 66,000' in height. Ash and pumice spread by the winds rained for about 18 hours. Buildings started to collapse and people began to escape. Then came high temperature, high velocity gases and dust, and more seismic activity. ||= Before – The people did not think it would erupt, and the eruption caught them by surprise, leaving them unprepared.
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 * = The type of eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is referred to as "Plinian."

 After - The people felt that the Italian government should encourage people to think about individual disaster preparedness and that citizens must take responsibility for their own safety and security! ||= Got 10000 to 25000 people died because of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum  ||= NA || Materials produced in eruption ** || //** Human response **//** (before and after) ** || //** No. of casualties/ **//** Main cause of casualty ** || //** Terms that might **//** need explanation ** || - Eruption column estimated to have been more than 32 km high!!!!! - Plinian eruption Eruption column || Human Response AFTER (not much of a response huh HAHAHA *cough*)  “Like my rings?” The skeleton called the "Ring Lady" unearthed in [|Herculaneum].
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 * - Very violent

|| Estimates of the number of deaths: 10,000 to 25,000 people

- Majority of the dead were found in buildings - Most thought to have died of roof collapses || 1. Plinian eruptions: - Marked by c   olumns of gas and volcanic ash - Extends high into the stratosphere (high layer of atmosphere) - Key characteristics: a. ejection of large amount of pumice b. Very powerful continuous gas blast eruptions || Klare & Ching Han:

 -  Rocks thrown out by volcano  -  Pyroclastic surge deposits  -  Suffocation through ash inhalation  -  Debris || **Pyroclastic surge: ** is a fluidized mass of turbulent gas and rock fragments which is ejected during some [|volcanic eruptions]  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Nature of eruption/Materials ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Human responses (before & after) ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">No. of casualties/main cause ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Terms ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Plinian Eruption || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Before: <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The [|AD 79] eruption was preceded by a powerful [|earthquake] seventeen years beforehand on 5 February, 62, which caused widespread destruction around the Bay of Naples, and particularly to Pompeii. Some of the damage had still not been repaired when the volcano erupted. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;">10,000 to 25,000 people in AD79 <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Pompeii & Herculaneum: Roman cities near Mount Vesuvius ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Volcanic ash and rock (1 cubic mile for AD 79) || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">After: <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Pompeii and Herculaneum were never rebuilt, although surviving townspeople and probably looters did undertake extensive salvage work after the destructions. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> || <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msoansilanguage: EN; msolist: Ignore;"> -  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Roof collapses