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pyroclastic flow
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pyroclastic flow [¦pī·rə¦klas·tik ′flō]
(geology)
Ash flow not involving high-temperature conditions.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Are pyroclastic eruptions more common than we thought, or is there something special about the conditions along the Gakkel Ridge?
Deep under the sea, volcanoes can still blow their tops by Carlowicz, Mike / Oceanus
While the mountain has not had a second devastating pyroclastic eruption it has had some eruptions that resulted in the minor rebuilding of the volcano.
SLEEPING GIANT TO REAWAKEN by The Mirror (London, England)
Thus, Burnham concludes that the maximum total energy released from water-saturated magma at depth is sufficient to produce an explosive pyroclastic eruption upon decompression and rapid expansion of the gas phase.
Igneous rock associations 6. modelling of deep submarine pyroclastic ... by Lentz, D.R. / Geoscience Canada
 
 
 
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