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Pyroclastic

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Look up pyroclastic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pyroclast, Pyroclastic or Pyroclastics may refer to: Pyroclast, or airborne Tephra fragments Pyroclastic...

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Pyroclastic flow

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A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively...

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Pyroclastic rock

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Pyroclastic rocks are clastic rocks composed of rock fragments produced and ejected by explosive volcanic eruptions. The individual rock fragments are...

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Pyroclastic fall

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A pyroclastic fall deposit is a uniform deposit of material which has been ejected from a volcanic eruption or plume such as an ash fall or tuff. Pyroclastic...

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Pyroclastic surge

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A pyroclastic surge is a fluidised mass of turbulent gas and rock fragments that is ejected during some volcanic eruptions. It is similar to a pyroclastic...

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Stratovolcano

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caused by pyroclastic flows and lahars, deadly hazards that often accompany explosive eruptions of subduction-zone stratovolcanoes. Pyroclastic flows are...

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1883 eruption of Krakatoa

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of the Sunda Strait and places on the Sumatran coast were affected by pyroclastic flows from the volcano. Material shot out of the volcano at 2,575 kilometres...

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Volcanic cone

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large cone-shaped volcanoes made up of lava flows, explosively erupted pyroclastic rocks, and igneous intrusives that are typically centered around a cylindrical...

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Mount Unzen

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recently active from 1990 to 1995, and a large eruption in 1991 generated a pyroclastic flow that killed 43 people, including three volcanologists. Its highest...

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Volcanic plateau

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produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava plateaus and pyroclastic plateaus. Lava plateaus are formed by highly fluid basaltic lava during...

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Pyroclastic shield

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volcanology, a pyroclastic shield or ignimbrite shield is an uncommon type of shield volcano. Unlike most shield volcanoes, pyroclastic shields are formed...

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Explosive eruption

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expel as much as 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) per second of rocks, dust, gas and pyroclastic material, averaged over the duration of eruption, that travels at several...

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Pyroclastic Peak

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Pyroclastic Peak is the second highest of the five named volcanic peaks immediately south of Mount Cayley in British Columbia, Canada. It is steep and...

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Volcanic dam

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molten lava, and those created by the primary or secondary deposition of pyroclastic material and debris. This classification generally excludes other, often...

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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

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and ash reaching the stratosphere, although the event also included pyroclastic flows associated with Pelean eruptions. The event destroyed several Roman...

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Volcaniclastics

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range of pyroclastic detritus mixed with epiclastic sediments and formed in variable depositional environments. Volcaniclastics include pyroclastic rock and...

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List of cinder cones

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A list of cinder cones is shown below. Volcan Rumoka Morean Volcano Mt. Rukinear Mt. Mehdk Mt. Myra Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima Mount Ōmuro, Izu-Tobu, Honshu...

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Cinder cone

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of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments...

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Mount Vesuvius

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day caused pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) that devastated Herculaneum and Pompeii. The depositional temperature of these pyroclastic surges reached...

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Robert Landsburg

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of the rapidly approaching ash cloud. Before he was engulfed by the pyroclastic flow, he rewound the film back into its case, put his camera in his backpack...

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Oruanui eruption

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generated approximately 430 km3 (100 cu mi) of pyroclastic fall deposits, 320 km3 (77 cu mi) of pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits (mostly ignimbrite)...

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Mount Pinatubo

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saving many lives. Surrounding areas were severely damaged by pyroclastic surges, pyroclastic falls, and subsequently, by the flooding lahars caused by rainwater...

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List of active volcanoes in the Philippines

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Timothy John E. (January 1, 2020). "Paleomagnetic determination of pyroclastic density current deposits in Tagongtong and Bagumbayan Grande, Goa, Camarines...

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Mount Tambora

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lowermost portion contains deposits of interlayered sequences of lava and pyroclastic materials. Approximately 40% of the layers are represented in the 1-to-4 m-thick...

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Saint Lucia

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accompanied by the Anse John (104 kya) and La Pointe (59.8 kya) pyroclastic flows. Later, pyroclastic flows include pumice-rich Belfond and Anse Noir (20 kya)...

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List of 2022 albums

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Now or Whenever Moth Noise Tony Malaby's Sabino The Cave of Winds Jazz Pyroclastic Records Twin Atlantic Transparency The Weeknd Dawn FM Dance-pop, synth-pop...

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