• 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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    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 rocks are clastic rocks composed of rock fragments produced and ejected by explosive volcanic eruptions. The individual rock fragments are...
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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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  • 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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    caused by pyroclastic flows and lahars, deadly hazards that often accompany explosive eruptions of subduction-zone stratovolcanoes. Pyroclastic flows are...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Volcanic dam (redirect from Pyroclastic dam)
    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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • Pyroclastics is the third studio album by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, released on 1992 by Cuneiform Records. It was their final album with founding guitarist...
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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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    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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    On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series...
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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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    growth, punctuated by brief episodes of dome collapse which result in pyroclastic flows, ash venting, and explosive eruption. The volcano is monitored...
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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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  • 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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    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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    permanently in 1997 after it was substantially buried by a series of pyroclastic flows and lahars. For centuries, it had been the only port of entry to...
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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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    Timothy John E. (January 1, 2020). "Paleomagnetic determination of pyroclastic density current deposits in Tagongtong and Bagumbayan Grande, Goa, Camarines...
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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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  • 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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    is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water. The material flows down from a volcano...
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