pyroclastic flow

pyroclastic flow

English

Pyroclastic flow flowing down Mayon Volcano.

Etymology

From pyroclastic + flow.

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪ.ɹəʊ.klæ.stɪk fləʊ/

Noun

pyroclastic flow (countable and uncountable, plural pyroclastic flows)

1. (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.

Translations

pyroclastic flow

Bikol Central: uson Catalan: flux piroclàstic m Chinese: Mandarin: 火山碎屑流 (zh) (huǒshānsuìxiè liú) Czech: pyroklastický proud m Danish: pyroklastisk vulkanudbrud c Dutch: pyroclastische stroom m Estonian: lõõmpilv Finnish: pyroklastinen tuhkapilvi French: nuée ardente (fr) f German: pyroklastischer Strom m, Glutlawine f Hebrew: זרם פירוקלסטי‎ m Indonesian: aliran piroklastik Italian: flusso piroclastico m Japanese: 火砕流 (ja) (かさいりゅう, kasairyū) Latin: efluxus pyroclasticus m Lithuanian: piroklastinis srautas Norwegian: pyroklastisk strøm Polish: lawina piroklastyczna f Portuguese: fluxo piroclástico m Russian: пирокласти́ческий пото́к m (piroklastíčeskij potók) Slovak: pyroklastický prúd m Spanish: flujo piroclástico m Swedish: pyroklastiskt flöde c

See also

• clast
• pyroclastic surge