Sulfur spring

The Solfatare is a volcanic crater located near the town of Pouzzoles (or Putéoles, in Italian Pozzuoli), in the west of Naples. Its name comes from Latin Sulpha will terra , “ground of Soufre”. It was formed approximately 4000 years ago and its last eruption goes up with 1198, with probably a phreatic explosion. The Sulfur spring is a flat volcano with ground of ashes and from suffers. This volcano has a rather important post-volcanic activity made up mainly of fumerolles. It forms part, like the Vesuvius, of the Champs phlégréens.

The Romans thought that the Sulfur spring was the entry of the Hells, because they had never seen anything of tel. the Sulfur spring was formed at the time of the eruption of the Vesuvius, which was at the beginning one and single volcano. At the time of this eruption, going back to 79 after J. - C., under the reign of the emperor Titus, one will caldera was formed, which created a volcano at two tops: Vesuvius and the Sulfur spring.

(See also article: Fumerolle)

By extension, one indicates by sulfur spring a geological type of ground where, by cracks, steam containing of the sulphuretted Hydrogène gets clear. One names also sulfur springs the sulfur deposits resulting from these gaseous emissions. Sulfur spring is often said that it resembles a lunar landscape. One finds sulfur springs in particular in Iceland and in the national park of Yellowstone.

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