Pompeii's destruction helps calibrate volcanic dating to within decades

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Phys.org	Pompeii's destruction helps calibrate volcanic dating to within decades	When Pliny the Younger recorded his firsthand experience of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago—a cataclysm that buried Pompeii and killed his uncle, Pliny the Elder—he provided enough deta	25 Sep, 18:00	25 Sep, 18:15	0m	phys.org	First

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