plinean eruption

plinean eruption
GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS
Named for Pliny the Younger (who witnessed the destruction of Pompeii by eruptions from Mt. Vesuvius), a type of violently explosive volcanic eruption that ejects large volumes of tephra high into the atmosphere (Harris, 2000, p. 1301).

Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. . 2001.

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