- are
Pelean eruptions,
followed by
Plinian eruptions; the
strongest eruptions are
called ultra-Plinian.
Subglacial and
phreatic eruptions are defined...
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around or on
cones of past
flank eruptions.
Since the year AD 1600, at
least 60
flank eruptions and
countless summit eruptions have occurred;
nearly half of...
- for the
eruptions listed here,
estimates of the
volume erupted can be
subject to
considerable uncertainty. In
explosive eruptions, the
eruption of magma...
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Plinian eruptions or
Vesuvian eruptions are
volcanic eruptions marked by
their similarity to the
eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD,
which destro****...
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Vulcanian eruptions are
named after Vulcano.
Eruption columns from
these eruptions do not
exceed 20
kilometres (12 mi) in height. Peléan
eruptions are more...
- 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...
- is a list of
volcanic eruptions in the 21st
century with a
volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and
smaller eruptions that
resulted in fatalities...
-
least two
types of
volcanic eruptions that have been
identified as supervolcanoes:
large igneous provinces and m****ive
eruptions.
Large igneous provinces...
- open-ended with the
largest eruptions in
history given a
magnitude of 8. A
value of 0 is
given for non-explosive
eruptions,
defined as less than 10,000 m3...
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Volcanic eruptions can be
highly explosive. Some
volcanoes have
undergone catastrophic eruptions,
killing large numbers of
humans or
other life forms...
