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Definition of Plinian eruption
1. Noun. A volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plinian Eruption
Literary usage of Plinian eruption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"This cloud was the result of a combination of a Plinian eruption column reinforced
by co-ignimbrite ash clouds. In eruptions that produce very high columns, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"On July 19 a Plinian eruption occurred in the central crater, during which ...
It is suggested that this Plinian eruption is a symptom of an impending lava ..."
3. Modern Science in Bible Lands by Sir John William Dawson (1889)
"Pliny the Younger, as an eye-witness, well described this great eruption, whence
it is sometimes known as the Plinian eruption. In modern times Poulett ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... was buried beneath a flood of mud swept down from Vesuvius during the Plinian
eruption of 79, and the hard tufaceous crust which thus sealed up the ill- ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"... prior to the Plinian eruption of 79 AD, -*- by far the most tragic, and one
of the three most violent in Italian history, was regarded as an entirely ..."
6. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"This cloud was the result of a combination of a Plinian eruption column reinforced
by co-ignimbrite ash clouds. In eruptions that produce very high columns, ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"On July 19 a Plinian eruption occurred in the central crater, during which ...
It is suggested that this Plinian eruption is a symptom of an impending lava ..."
8. Modern Science in Bible Lands by Sir John William Dawson (1889)
"Pliny the Younger, as an eye-witness, well described this great eruption, whence
it is sometimes known as the Plinian eruption. In modern times Poulett ..."
9. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... was buried beneath a flood of mud swept down from Vesuvius during the Plinian
eruption of 79, and the hard tufaceous crust which thus sealed up the ill- ..."
10. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"... prior to the Plinian eruption of 79 AD, -*- by far the most tragic, and one
of the three most violent in Italian history, was regarded as an entirely ..."
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