Pompeii and Vesuvius (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Pompeii and Vesuvius

Caption

Mt. Vesuvius towering above the ruins of Pompeii. The volcano's eruption in 79 C.E. inundated the town. Historical accounts of the disaster have now allowed scientists to recalibrate one of the most versatile dating methods, argon-argon dating.

Credit

By Qfl247, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14711995

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