How long has Mt Vesuvius been erupting?

rocky Anonymous

Dear Reader,

The oldest dated rock at Mt Vesuvius is about 300,000 years old. It was collected from a well drilled near the volcano.

Steve Mattox, University of North Dakota

Source of Information:

Sigurdsson, H., Carey, S., Cornell, W., and Pescatore, T., 1985, The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79: National Geographic Research, v. 1, no. 3, p. 332-387. 

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