Mount Pelée in a nutshell!! The characteristics of the volcano, its evolution, the geological and tectonic contexts...
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Mt Pelee is among the deadliest  stratovolcano on Earth. It towers above the island of Martinique, in the Lesser Antilles... |
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Mount Pelée belongs to a classic island arc, i.e. a curved chain of volcanoes, approx. 530 miles long, between Puerto Rico and Venezuela (South America), where the Caribbean tectonic plate meets the Atlantic plate. |
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Volcanologists have identified 3 different phases in the evolution of mount Pelée volcano: an initial phase, an intermediate phase, and a modern phase... |
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Mount Pelée is the last stage of formation of the island of Martinique. |
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