In naples?
2007-02-13 13:39:55 · 2 answers · asked by BurntBeneathSun♥ 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
If memory serves me properly Mt. Vesuvius is a type of volcano that erupts with a lot of gas and dust, and the lava is rhyolitic. Rhyolitic lavas have a lot of quartz and feldspar (at least once it hardens to the rock called rhyolite) and is more viscous than basaltic lava (which is produced by Hawai'i type volcanoes). So, the rhyolitic lava would tend to form a domelike structure, which could collapse catastrophically with a release of enormous quantities of very hot gas and dust, and if Napes is close enough it could suffer the same fate as Pompeii or of the area surrounding Mt. St. Helens.
2007-02-13 13:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by David A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pompeii would be covered in ash and everyone there would die and be preserved for ages...
2007-02-13 13:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋