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pyroclastic density current: a standalone construct

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Volcanology

a hot, ground-hugging mixture of volcanic particles and gas that flows under gravity, spanning dilute surges to dense flows.

In volcanology, pyroclastic density current refers to a hot, ground-hugging mixture of volcanic particles and gas that flows under gravity, spanning dilute surges to dense flows. This meaning comes from Dufek (2016) in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.[1]

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References

Dufek, J. (2016). The Fluid Mechanics of Pyroclastic Density Currents. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 48(1), 459-485. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-122414-034252

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