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Volcanic eruptions


 
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Contents

Introduction
1Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions
Italy
2Giorgio Sommer: Eruption of Vesuvius (1872)
3Giorgio Sommer: Pompeii
4Giorgio Sommer: The ash-covered remains from Pompeii
New Zealand
5Charles Spencer: New Zealand: Volcanic landscapes (1886)
USA
6USA, Washington, Mount St. Helens eruption (1980)

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