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  • Krakatoa is a modular explosive device used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) or demolitions developed by the British company Alford Technologies...
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    emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Krakatoa. There has been sporadic eruptive activity...
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    Krakatoa (/ˌkrɑːkəˈtoʊə, ˌkræk-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈtaʊ/), is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the...
    45 KB (5,212 words) - 02:09, 11 May 2024
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    The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (Indonesian: Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the Sunda Strait occurred from 20 May until 21 October 1883, peaking in the late morning...
    42 KB (5,009 words) - 04:12, 9 July 2024
  • Krakatoa is a volcano in Indonesia. Krakatoa may also refer to: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa Anak Krakatoa, a new island rising from the remains of the 1883...
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    1007/s00193-022-01092-4. ISSN 1432-2153. S2CID 251480018. "The eruption of Krakatoa, August 27, 1883". Commonwealth of Australia 2012, Bureau of Meteorology...
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    Shaped charge (category Explosives engineering)
    Machine "YouTube – Future Weapons:Krakatoa". DiscoveryNetworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. "Explosives.net – Products". Alford Technologies...
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    The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the...
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    Explosion (redirect from Explosive force)
    eruption Eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD 1257 Samalas eruption 1883 eruption of Krakatoa 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora 1991 Mount...
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    is a list of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that resulted in fatalities...
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  • tsunami in recorded history was that produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The waves reached heights of 40 m (130 ft) and killed 36,000 people. A...
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  • catastrophic environmental effects. Even small caldera-forming eruptions, such as Krakatoa in 1883 or Mount Pinatubo in 1991, may result in significant local destruction...
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    in Costa Rica exhibited Vulcanian activity in its 1965 eruption. Anak Krakatoa, Indonesia, repeated vulcanian activities since its rise in 1930 until...
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  • powerful explosive. The film is based on Karel Čapek's novel with the same title, written in 1922. The name is derived from the volcano Krakatoa, which...
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    Two examples of stratovolcanoes famous for catastrophic eruptions are Krakatoa in Indonesia, which erupted in 1883, and Vesuvius in Italy, having erupted...
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  • Tsar Bomba (redirect from Largest explosive)
    of all the conventional explosives used in World War II, one quarter of the estimated yield of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, and 10% of the combined...
    62 KB (7,233 words) - 00:00, 21 June 2024
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    Ring of Fire. The western islands of Indonesia (the Sunda Arc of Sumatra, Krakatoa, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and Sangeang) are located north of a subduction...
    94 KB (9,615 words) - 08:38, 21 June 2024
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    was once a volcano of considerable elevation that exploded, similar to Krakatoa. Laguna Caldera looking east Laguna Caldera looking south-east Laguna Caldera...
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    Mount Tambora in the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in Sunda Strait, Indonesia. The 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera in New...
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    burns.[citation needed] Testimonial evidence from the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, supported by experimental evidence, shows that pyroclastic flows can cross...
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