Volcanic Eruptions: What Causes Volcanoes to Erupt

Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Roman towns, were totally destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted. An overview of how a volcano is formed and the causes of volcanic eruptions are discussed in this article.
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