pyroclastic flow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pyroclastic, flow: flow (uncountable) of pyroclastic particles.

En-us-pyroclastic flow.ogg /paɪ.ɹə(ʊ)ˌklæ.stɪk ˈfləʊ/ /ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ.klæ.stɪk floʊ/ /ˈpaɪ.ɹə.klæ.stɪk floʊ/

pyroclastic flow pyroclastic flows

From pyroclastic + flow.

pyroclastic density current PDC pyroclastic surge

clast igneous rock ignimbrite Plinian eruption volcanism

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