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What is the difference between a pyroclastic flow and a pyroclastic surge?
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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.
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What is the difference between pyroclastic flows and lava flows?
Lava is molten rock at earth's surface. A pyroclastic flow is an avalanch-like flow of hot ash, rock, and gas that moves down a volcano's flanks at great speed.
What is the term for lava flow that travels downhill at over 100mph?
Pyroclastic flow
Can you outrun a pyroclastic flow?
No. A pyroclastic flow can move at well over 100 mph.
Only Plinian and Pelean volcanic eruptions feature flow?
pyroclastic flow
Where does pyroclastic flow occur?
Pyroclastic flows occur during explosive eruptions of volcanoes.
What is the difference between tephra and pyroclastic flow?
Tephra flow is fragments of volcanic rock and lava. Pyroclastic flow is fast moving current of hot gas and rock.
What is the name of the flow of gas from a very explosive volcano?
The name of the explosive outflow of gas from a volcaic eruption is a Pyroclastic Flow, however it can also be called a Pyroclastic Surge.
What is the difference between pyroclastic flows and lava flows?
Lava is molten rock at earth's surface. A pyroclastic flow is an avalanch-like flow of hot ash, rock, and gas that moves down a volcano's flanks at great speed.
What is more deadly lava or pyroclastic flow?
Pyroclastic flow.
How can pyroclastic flow be used in a sentence?
Beware the pyroclastic flow!
What is the term for lava flow that travels downhill at over 100mph?
Pyroclastic flow
What volcano produces a pyroclastic flow?
an explosive volcano will usually have a pyroclastic flow
Can you outrun a pyroclastic flow?
No. A pyroclastic flow can move at well over 100 mph.
Only Plinian and Pelean volcanic eruptions feature flow?
pyroclastic flow
Where does pyroclastic flow occur?
Pyroclastic flows occur during explosive eruptions of volcanoes.
What are differences between an eruption column and pyroclastic flow?
An eruption column is a vertical plume of ash and gas produced by a volcanic eruption. A pyroclastic flow a a flow of similar material that moves down the sides of a volcano at great speed.
What volcano has pyroclastic flow in addition to liquid lava?
the volcano that has pyroclastic flow in addition to liquid lava is the composite or stratovolcano.
