pyroclastic flow
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpʌɪ.ɹə.kla.stɪk fləʊ/
pyroclastic flow
- (volcanology) A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 trade paperback, p. 465:
- In burning slabs like pyroclastic flow the top of the tower slewed off, militia pods falling out and tumbling.
- 2011, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. x:
- Most of the material was erupted in the most dangerous way as ‘pyroclastic flows’: incredibly hot volcanic fragments all buoyed up with gas that can travel fasted than a speeding car in pulse after pulse.
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, 2005 trade paperback, p. 465:
- French: nuée ardente
- German: pyroklastischer Strom, Glutlawine
- Italian: flusso piroclastico
- Portuguese: fluxo piroclástico
- Russian: пирокласти́ческий пото́к
- Spanish: flujo piroclástico
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