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Volcanic Explosive Index
GEO Podcast
English - April 21, 2023 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MBEarth Sciences Science Education geology geoscience earthscience scienceeducation earthscienceeducation scienceteaching Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, I talk about the Volcanic Explosive Index (VEI) and how that logarithmic scale is used to rate eruptions. It is based on the amount of material ejected, the size of the eruption plume and the length of the eruption.
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