Unit 01a Images: Introduction /Burial
1. Joseph Mallord Turner’s 1817 interpretation of the eruption
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroTurnerErupt.jpg
2. Pompeii fresco showing Vesuvius before the AD 79 Eruption
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroVesuvBacchus.jpg
3. Eruptive column of a Plinian eruption
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroPlinianColumn.jpg
4. The AD 79 ash-fall map
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroAshfallMap.jpg
5. Casts from Pompeii and remains from Herculaneum
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroHumanToll.jpg
6. A tree sheared off by a pyroclastic surge in Oplontis
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroShearedTree.jpg
7. A tree bent by a pyroclastic flow in Boscoreale
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes01IntroBoscoreale.jpeg
1.Niels Steensen (Steno), the inventor of Geology
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0101StartsWithSteno.jpg
2. Plate Tectonics
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0102PlateTectonics.jpg
3. Seismicity in Europe along plate and mini-plate boundaries
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0103EurSeismicity.jpg
4. Italian plate tectonics - 1
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0104ItalyPlates.jpg
5. Italian plate tectonics - 2
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0105ItalyTechtonics.jpg
6. Geological map of Italy
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0106ItalyGeoMap.jpg
7. Subduction — rifts and trenches
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0107Subduction1.jpg
8. Subduction — formation of the magma chamber
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0108Subduction2.jpg
9. Naples bay -- the big caldera
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0109NaplesBay.jpg
10. Kinds of Volcano in and around the caldera
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0110VolcanoTypes.jpg
11. How ignimbrite is deposited
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0111IgnimbriteForma.jpg
12. Depth of tufa in central Italy
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0112DeepTufa.jpg
13. Quarrying tufa, ca. 1900
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0113TufaMining.jpg
14. Sorano Road, cutting through tufa
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0114SoranoRoad.jpg
15. Distribution of Campanian ignimbrites
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0115CampanIgnimbrite.jpg
16. Brecia cone of Vesuvius
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0116VesuviusCone.jpg
17. Monte Nuovo in the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei)
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0117CampiFlegrei.jpg
18. The Grotto of Cocceius connecting Lacus Avernus to the sea
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0118CocceiusGrotto.jpg
19. Solfatara collapsed cone
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0119Solfatara.jpg
20. Solfatara temperature gradients
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0120SolfataraTemps.jpg
21. Solfatara camping map
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0121SolfataraMap.jpg
22. Sunken Portus Julius succumbed to Bradyseism
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0122Bradyseism.jpg
23. Underwater archeology in the Gulf of Baia
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0123UnderwaterArcheo.jpg
24. Semi-submerged ruins in the Gulf of Baia
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0124SemisubRuins.jpg
25. A Phreatic eruption
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0125PhreaticEruption.jpg
26. A large phreatic pumice block
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0126PhreaticBlock.jpg
27. Plinian column
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0127PlinianEruption.jpg
28. Plinian ash-fall
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0128AshFall.jpg
29. Peleean eruption — pyroclastic flow
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0129PyroclasticFlow.jpg
30. Pyroclastic flow, Pinatubo 1992
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0130PinatuboFlow.jpg
31. Pyroclastic flow, Soufriere 2003
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0131SoufriereFlow.jpg
Discovery Channel illustration of the AD 79 Vesuvius Plinian phase
http://www.mmdtkw.org/ALRIVes0132PompeiiDiscChan.jpg
For an animation of the AD 79 Vesuvius eruption, go to
