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Pyroclastic Flow Defined
Lateral flowage of a turbulent mixture of hot gases and unsorted pyroclastic material (volcanic fragments, crystals, ash, pumice, and glass shards) that can move at high speed (50 to 100 miles an hour.) The term also can refer to the deposit so formed.
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- Untitled Document: Ignimbrites are pumice-dominat ed pyroclastic flow deposits with subordinate ash.There are many historic examples, most of which are restricted to valleys emanating from summit craters.
- USGS Photo Glossary:: A pyroclastic flow is a ground-hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas that rushes down the side of a volcano as fast as 100 km/hour or more. The temperature within a pyroclastic flow may be greater than 500° C, sufficient
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- Death In Pompei: Casualty Of the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. He was in the town of Pompeii on the wrong day.
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