10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLINIAN»
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1
The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought
For the sake of convenience, I call the races I discuss here "Plinian," after the
Roman author whose catalog of them was so widely diffused throughout the Latin
Middle Ages. Yet the earliest accounts of these peoples are Greek, and it is with ...
John Block Friedman,
2000
2
The Volcano Adventure Guide
Plinian eruptions have extremely powerful explosions that eject a great volume of
fragmented magma, usually many cubic kilometers, which disperse over
hundreds of square kilometers. The eruption cloud, coming out at speeds of
hundreds ...
3
The Classical Tradition and the Americas: European images of ...
included men with one eye (the Plinian Cyclopes) and men with dogs' heads (the
Plinian Cynocephali). They were anthropophagous; they drank the blood of their
victims and castrated anyone who fell into their hands (ibid: 51). The Plinian ...
Wolfgang Haase, Meyer Reinhold,
1994
4
Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, ...
Diagram Type Manuscript Context Plin20 Plinian latitudes- -rectangular
Macrobius Commentary, Pliny excerpts, Boethius Music Plin21 Plinian latitudes- -
rectangular computus-astronomy Plin22 Plinian latitudes— -rectangular
Macrobius ...
Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Grasshoff,
2004
5
Volcanoes of Southern Italy
east of the volcano up to 12 km from the vent. The deposits show mainly fall
materials consisting of white pumices at the base grading up to grey ones at the
top. This pattern of a major plinian eruption occurring every few thousand years ...
6
Volcanoes: Global Perspectives
Recall from Chapter 7 that Plinian volcanic clouds may be divided into two
components; a buoyant column ballistically propelled upward at its base, and a
wind-blown plume (Fig. 8.1). Plumes include both the diffuse horizontal bands of
gases ...
John P. Lockwood, Richard W. Hazlett,
2013
7
The Physics of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions
In a Plinian eruption a large mass of magma (10"-10l4kg. dense rock equivalent
volumes 0.1-150 km3 Carey & Sigurdsson. 1989) is progressively disrupted into
fragments and ejected from the volcano (discharge rates 10 -10 m S , exit ...
Jennifer Susan Gilbert, Robert Stephen John Sparks,
1998
8
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
The. Waimihia. and. Hatepe. plinian. deposits. from. the. rhyolitic. Taupo.
Volcanic. Centre. 1 I I I I I •19 «11 »8 •6. 305 G. P. L. WALKER Department of
Geology The University of Auckland Private Bag Auckland, New Zealand*
Abstract A new ...
9
Understanding Climate Change
TP-4, average composition of melt inclusions trapped by pyroxene phenocrysts in
rhyolitic tephra, 130 A.D. Hatepe plinian phase of Taupo eruption, North Island,
New Zealand. Collected by C.J.N. Wilson, locality at N103/580133. 6. TP-4 ...
André Berger, Robert Earl Dickinson, John W. Kidson,
1989
10
Vesuvius, A.D. 79: The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Name of Eruption Type of Eruption Age (years ago or years B.C. or A.D.) Codola
Plinian 25,000 years ago Sarno Plinian 22,000 years ago Basal Pumice Plinian
17,000 years ago Pomici Verdoline Plinian 15,500 years ago (pale green ...
Ernesto De Carolis, Giovanni Patricelli,
2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLINIAN»
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It's Been a Busy Week of Explosive Eruptions in Mexico
A large, Plinian-style eruption at Colima, which the volcano has experienced as recently as 1913, could have serious consequences for the ... «Wired, Jul 15»
Hacking the Humanities
His robot encyclopedist spoke in magnetic poetry phrases, which occasionally yielded uncanny reproductions of Plinian syntax but often fell flat ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
But even these lesser distances prove that the eruptions were highly explosive. "They must have been so-called plinian eruptions, otherwise ... «EurekAlert, Jun 15»
Volcanologist puts eruption of Mount Hakoneyama at 4%
... lava domes or lava streams, but only a 1 percent chance of a Plinian eruption that produces large-scale pyroclastic flows of rock and gases. «Asahi Shimbun, May 15»
Private equity's big African potash play
So we would prefer to deal with strategic investors,” says Brad Mills, founder and managing director of Plinian Capital, which has an interest in ... «Mineweb, May 15»
Mining: Plinian seeks to reopen mine
PLINIAN Capital, founded by former Lonmin chief executive Brad Mills, plans to raise $40 million (R475m) from private equity funds to restart a ... «Independent Online, May 15»
Ex-Lonmin CEO Mills Seeks $40 Million to Restart Zambia Mine
Plinian Capital, founded by former Lonmin Plc Chief Executive Officer Brad Mills, plans to raise $40 million from private equity funds to restart a ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
Part 1: When Taal Volcano erupted for 6 months
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Renato Solidum Jr said the 1754 eruption is a classic Plinian eruption ... «Rappler, May 15»
Science and history erupt in Tacoma this week
Today's volcanologists use the word “Plinian” to describe similar eruptions, including those of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and the much larger ... «TheNewsTribune.com, May 15»
Circum Proves Up Major World Class 4.2B Tonnes Potash Project in …
As well as the founders, Stephen Dattels and Mike Beck, the Company's shareholders include Plinian Capital Limited (which also is the ... «PR Newswire, May 15»