Tiny particles of metal sulfide and oxide minerals, resembling black “smoke,” billow from the hot-water vents.
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In A.D. 62, a major earthquake shook Mount Vesuvius.
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No other natural force compares in sheer power with earthquakes.
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A model of the Santis peak in eastern Switzerland, constructed from the original by Albert Heim, a Zurich geology professor.
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Learn how the process of lithification „cements“ mineral sediments into stratified layers.
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More than 500 volcanoes have erupted during the last millennium and nearly four-fifths of them constitute the Ring of Fire.
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How did our planet form 4.5 billion years ago, and how has it evolved? Examine meteorites, sulfide chimneys, and other specimens.
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The Earth’s resources are many and varied. Some are illustrated by the samples shown here.
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Medicine Lake is a broad shield volcano, built up by successive basalt flows.
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A nearly 3-billion-year-old banded iron formation from Canada shows that the atmosphere and ocean once had no oxygen.
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