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Pyroclastic flow.
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What are the similarities in a lava flow and a pyroclastic flow?
A lava flow is simply a flow of liquid rock down a slope that usually results from an effusive eruption. A pyroclastic flow is an avalanche-like flow of hot ash, rock and gas that moves down a volcano during an explosive eruption, The move much faster than lava flows and are far more dangerous.
Why does pyroclastic flow travel faster than a lava flow?
Lava is a very viscous liquid, meaning it will resist flowing rather like syrup. Lava flows are often slowed even more as they form a crust of solid rock. A pyroclastic flow is a different matter; it is a dense cloud of hot ash, rock, and gas, behaving more like an avalanche than a flowing liquid. Pyroclastic flows are not slowed by viscous forces.
What are the most common volcanic hazards?
In addition to suffocating ash and flowing lava, pyroclastic flows are probably the most dangerous feature of some volcanoes. Pyroclastic flows are currents of extremely hot gases and rocks that flow down and away from the slopes of volcanoes. They travel at speeds has high as 450 mph, and the temperature of the gas and rock can reach more than 1800° F (1000° C).
Why does a pyroclastic flow travel more quickly than a lava flow?
A lava flow flows as a viscous liquid, rather like molasses only thicker. A pyroclastic flow is a mixture of ash, gas, and rock fragments and is not significantly affected by viscous forces that would slow it down. It moves like an avalanche or thunderstorm downburst rather than a liquid.
Which is faster a lava flow pyroclastic flow or lahar?
Pyroclastic flows move much faster than lava flows and carry much more momentum. This means there is little time tog et out of the way, and that they can pass over barriers that would stop or deflect lava flows. They can also carry more material. A single pyroclastic flow can bury an area to several meters thick in a matter of seconds.
Is a non-explosive volcanic eruption more likely to produce lava or pyroclastic material?
Lava because pyroclastic material explodes from a volcano, Lava just runs down the surface of the volcano nonexplosive or explosive.
What is the viscosity of magma in a pyroclastic flow?
In a pyroclastic flow, the magma would almost always be considered high-velocity. The velocity and strength of the magma is a result of its chemical composition.
What damage doese volcanoe cause?
What usually causes the most damage is the pyroclastic debris and the ash. The ash isn't normal fire ash (tephra) more than 10 cm of volcanic ash can collapse a building. The next most devastating factor is the pyroclastic flow (lahar), gases through fumaroles and lastly the lava is least devastating. (Anyone can out run a lava flow... backwards)
What is the difference between a pyroclastic flow and a pyroclastic surge?
A pyrcoclastic flow is is much denser than a pyroclastic surge, as a large portion of it is composed of ash and rock. A pyrcolastic surge is composed more of gas.
A natural disaster produced by a volcano that had killed more people than lava flow is what?
The deadliest phenomenon associated with volcanoes is a pyroclastic flow. Pyroclastic flows are hot masses of ash, rock, and gas that race down the slopes of a volcano, sometimes reaching speeds of well over 100 mph and burning everything in their path.
Why is a pyroclastic flow more dangerous than a lava flow?
Lava generally flows slowly, so it is usually easy to escape. The lava also stays to the lowest lying areas it can get to, making the paths they take fairly predictable. Pyroclastic flows move very quickly, often exceeding 100 mph, making them nearly impossible to escape. Their momentum and their lower density compared with lava also means that they do not necessarily follow topography. They have been known to surge across valleys and over ridges with deadly results.
One or more vents and the lava or pyroclastic material that they have spewed onto the earths surface?
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