Study could boost forecasts for Vesuvius eruptions
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 09:22
in Earth & Climate
LONDON (Reuters) - The magma pool feeding the Italian volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79 has shifted in the past 2,000 years, a discovery that could help in predicting future eruptions, researchers said in the journal Nature.
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