Events Archive | Lessons from Pompeii
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- Volcanoes on the Verge (Lecture)
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Did you know that one of the world's largest volcanoes lies under Yellowstone National Park? Or that one of the most active volcanoes boasts a lava lake 700 feet across and a city of one million residents at its base? In an effort to prevent a modern-day Pompeii, Ken Sims travels the globe and rappels ... (details).
With: Kenneth Sims, PhD, isotope geochemist and volcanologist; associate professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Lessons from Pompeii.
January 25, 2012
