Mount Pelée in a nutshell!! The characteristics of the volcano, its evolution, the geological and tectonic contexts...
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Exceptional mineralogist and geologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences, Alfred Lacroix was sent to Martinique in order to determine the causes of the catastrophe of May 8, 1902. |
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Electrical engineer and inventor, he came late to the volcanogy field, but his studies on Mt. Vesuvius, Mt. Etna, Stromboli and Kilauea made him well known.. |
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Geologist and explorer, professor of invertebrate paleontology at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, first president of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. Angelo Heilprin was part of the US scientific mission sent to Martinique after May 8th to examine the erupting mount Pelee. |
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