CORE 1: CITIES OF VESUVIUS – POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM 1. Geographical content The physical environment: the geographical setting‚ natural features and resources of Pompeii and Herculaneum GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING/NATURAL FEATURES Located in the coastal plain known today as Campania – 200km south of Rome Known for its temperate climate and beautiful landscape Plain faces the Bay of Naples – Tyrrhenian sea to the west Mount Vesuvius dominates the Campania plain Pompeii and Herculaneum
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Mount Vesuvius 79 A.D VS Mount St Helens 1980 Would you rather be by Vesuvius when it erupted or be by St Helens when it erupted?. Some people ask this question because both eruptions seemed pretty bad . For example ‚ pompeii was covered in ash because of vesuvius. Although‚ there are many differences between the two volcanoes and their eruptions they also have a lot in common. These are some ways they are alike and different. Both volcanoes have a lot in common. For example‚ there both stratovolcanoes
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tubes consist of a lava field remaining from a massive volcanic eruption of Mt Undara which occurred 190‚000 years ago. During the Cenozoic‚ there was wide spread igneous activity in Eastern Australia. Volcanism commenced in the late Cretaceous (approximately 70 Ma) and continued through the Cenozoic. The cenozoic is the current geological era. It began 66 million years ago and continues today. About 23.3 km³ of lava flowed from the Mt Undara volcano at an estimated rate of 1000 m³ a second. This lava
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Mt St. Helens Introduction Mount St. Helens is a volcanic mountain in the Cascade Range in Western North America‚ in the state of Washington. It is‚ perhaps‚ the most famous mountain in the range‚ and certainly is the most active volcano in the area today. In fact‚ it has probably been the most active of the Cascade volcanoes for over 4000 years. If the eruption of 18th May 1980 follows the pattern of previous eruptions the mountain will remain very active for perhaps ten or twenty years before
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1) What is Blockbuster’s amortization timetable? Do you think it is appropriate? The Blockbuster’s amortization timetable is 40 years. I think this is not appropriate because it is not the industry standard and should be 5-7 years. 2) What would be the impact on Blockbuster’s 1988 earnings per share if 5 year amortization were applied to this goodwill? This will actually make the company to experience large amount of goodwill and thus their tax liability will increase. 3) What would have been the
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Montserrat Volcano Eruption 1995 Ten years past since the abrupt eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat leaving locals and tourists devastated. (Date) marked the day of when the said to be inactive volcano erupted. Due to a partial collapse of the dome the volcano’s crater‚ loads of ash‚ hot gases‚ and rocks was shot out approximately 15 km into the sky. From this‚ many sirens were triggered and a massive evacuation took place. No lives were taken. Although‚ major damage
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released with it‚ as happens with any other explosion. This is why many eruptions also produce huge quantities of gases and dust. Magma sometimes rises under enormous pressure‚ so it not only finds cracks in the earth’s crust‚ it can also create them. When magma reaches the earth’s surface it is called lava. An eruption is caused by lava escaping from below the earth’s crust. This has many effects on the universe‚ explosive eruptions can change the surface areas around a volcano and disrupt drainage patterns
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The Effect of Volcanic Eruptions on Climate Introduction Recently there has been a lot of research in the field of climate change‚ and much of it is focused on anthropogenic affects on climate. However‚ there has also been a great deal of research focused on natural Earth processes and how they affect the climate (Robock 2000). One natural process which significantly impacts climate is volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions affect the climate of the earth in many ways (Zielinski et al 1997). Volcanic
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street to the theater‚ then Mount Vesuvius started to rumble‚ the sky was turning black‚ by the smoke and the birds were heading the wrong way. They ran straight to the boats and hopped in one‚ they soon fell asleep. Tranio and Livia woke up on the boat and the sky was still black. They saw that they were headed straight toward Mount Vesuvius‚ they were starting to get scared. It was starting to get a little lighter‚ the boat stopped‚ at the bay of Mount Vesuvius. They hopped out of the boat
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volcanoes‚ Mount Vesuvius located on the Italian east coast and Mount Tambora located on the northern coast of Sumbawa island‚ Indonesia. Volcanoes are the most destructive natural disasters. Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora have caused great destruction in the past‚ killing many people and destroying entire cities. This poster will compare and contrast the volcanoes types/structure‚ the cause of the eruptions and the current levels of activity . Body Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora
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