Earth:Mercato eruption
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Short description: Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (~8900 BP)
| Mercato eruption | |
|---|---|
| Volcano | Mount Vesuvius |
| Date | 6940 BCE ± 100 years[1] |
| Type | Plinian eruption |
| Location | Campania, Italy |
| VEI | 5 or 6[1][2] |
The Mercato eruption (Pomici di Mercato) of Mount Vesuvius was a Plinian eruption that occurred around 8,010 ± 40 14C yr BP (8,890 ± 90 cal yr BP).[3] The Global Volcanism Program claims that the eruption had a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 5,[1] while Zanella et al. (2014) estimate it had a VEI of 6.[2] The eruption was preceded by 7000 years of rest and followed by about 4000 years of rest.[4]
See also
- List of large volcanic eruptions
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Vesuvius". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211020&vtab=Eruptions. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elena Zanella; Roberto Sulpizio; Lucia Gurioli; Roberto Lanza (2015). "Temperatures of the pyroclastic density currents deposits emplaced in the last 22 kyr at Somma–Vesuvius (Italy)". Geological Society, London, Special Publications 396: 13–33. doi:10.1144/SP396.4. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/early/2014/01/30/SP396.4.abstract.
- ↑ "Geological map of Somma-Vesuvius volcano". Period Mineral 64: 77–78. 1995.
- ↑ Aulinas, M.; Civetta, L.; Di Vito, M. A.; Orsi, G.; Gimeno, D.; Férnandez-Turiel, J. L. (20 November 2007). "The "Pomici di mercato" Plinian eruption of Somma-Vesuvius: magma chamber processes and eruption dynamics". Bulletin of Volcanology 70 (7): 825–840. doi:10.1007/s00445-007-0172-z.
External links
- Stratigraphy and eruptive dynamics of a pulsating Plinian eruption of Somma-Vesuvius: the Pomici di Mercato[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
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