Week 4 - Volcanoes Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a volcano that formed inside another volcano. The original volcano was Mount Somma, and Mount Vesuvius formed inside the caldera. The volcano is formed at the subduction zone created by the African plate as it goes under the Eurasian plate. 

The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius was in 1944, but its most famous eruption was 79 A.D. This is when Pompeii and Herculaneum. It is considered an active volcano and it is believed it will erupt again. Mount Vesuvius erupts explosively. Age and eruptions are detected by collecting rocks and dating them. They sometimes drill to collect older rock.

Mount Vesuvius is an especially dangerous volcano. It is surrounded by densely populated areas. It has Plinian eruptions that cause huge ashfalls and pyroclastic lava flows. This is what doomed Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii is a unique area where the ash froze the town and its people in time.

Vesuvius currently only has minor seismic activity and outgassing from its fumaroles.

References
Mount vesuvius, italy: Map, facts, eruption pictures, pompeii. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2019, from https://geology.com/volcanoes/vesuvius/
What’s the most recent eruption of Vesuvius and will it erupt again? | Volcano World | Oregon State University. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2019, from http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/what%E2%80%99s-most-recent-eruption-vesuvius-and-will-it-erupt-again
Vesuvius volcano. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2019, from http://www.gso.uri.edu/vesuvius/Vesuvius/Vesu.html