ultraplinian

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ultra- +‎ Plinian

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ultraplinian (not comparable)

  1. (of a volcanic eruption) More powerful than that of Vesuvius in AD 79 (witnessed by Pliny the younger)
    • 2015 October 13, “A Human Deciduous Tooth and New 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results from the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site of Isernia La Pineta, Southern Italy”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The volcanic components of fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary series in Southern Apennines are mainly associated with the plinian and ultraplinian eruptions of Roccamonfina and Vulture volcanoes.
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