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pyroclast
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pyroclast [′pī·rə‚klast]
(geology)
An individual pyroclastic fragment or clast.
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Volcanoes spewed 85 cubic miles of ash and magma more than 20 miles into the sky, with horizontal pyroclastic (magma) flows of nearly 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit moving at up to 200 miles an hour and obliterating just about everything along the way.
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We wanted to be able to predict the areas affected by pyroclastic flows from volcanoes," said Christina Widiwijayanti, post-doctoral fellow in geosciences.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Researchers found jagged, glassy fragments of rock (called pyroclastic deposits) spread out over a 6.
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