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Pyroclastic Density Currents at Volcán de Colima

2019
In the last ~500 years, Volcan de Colima has generated numerous small-volume pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) that have been associated with dome emplacement, either by a partial collapse or by their explosive destruction. Large PDCs were generated by eruption column collapse in 1690, 1818, and 1913.
R. Saucedo   +4 more
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Pyroclastic density current invasion maps

2016
Campi Flegrei is an active caldera containing densely populated settlements at very high risk of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs). We present here an innovative method for assessing background spatial PDC hazard with probabilistic invasion maps conditional on the occurrence of an explosive event.
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Generation of air lubrication within pyroclastic density currents

Nature Geoscience, 2019
Pyroclastic density currents are highly dangerous ground-hugging currents from volcanoes that cause >50% of volcanic fatalities globally. These hot mixtures of volcanic particles and gas exhibit remarkable fluidity, which allows them to transport thousands to millions of tonnes of volcanic material across the Earth’s surface over tens to hundreds of ...
Gert Lube   +6 more
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Column collapse and generation of pyroclastic density currents during the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius: The role of pyroclast density

Geology, 2011
AbstractThe Plinian columns formed during the magmatic phase of the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius alternated several times between fully stable, buoyantly rising regimes and unstable regimes of partial or total collapse. Six pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) were produced during unstable regimes, and ultimately caused the destruction of Roman towns ...
Shea, Thomas   +4 more
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Monitoring of Eruptive Products: Pyroclastic Density Currents and their Deposits

2022
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are a mixture of gases and solid particles that move across the Earth's topography under the influence of gravity. The term PDC has been proposed by several authors over the past 30 years in an effort to describe a natural continuum between two end-members: dilute currents, in which the fluid is prevalent, and ...
Tadini, Alessandro   +4 more
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Flow and sedimentation of pyroclastic density currents

2015
Our Earth is a living Planet in which rocks are exhumed at the surface, and subjected to erosion, transport and deposition. Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) concentrate all these steps in a single phenomenon. During explosive volcanic eruptions, rock fragments known as pyroclasts are ejected from the inside of the Earth to the surface. They can then
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Aeromechanic analysis of pyroclastic density currents past a building

Bulletin of Volcanology, 2013
An aeromechanic analysis of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) past a building is carried out on the results of a computer simulation. The analysis shows that PDCs strongly interact with buildings, resulting in turbulent boundary layer separation and recirculation.
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A laboratory study of plumes associated with pyroclastic density currents

Volcanic plumes associated with propagating pyroclastic density currents can rise tens of kilometers into the atmosphere, dispersing fine ash particles over large areas with a potential hazard for aviation safety. Such plumes originate from the buoyancy reversal of the pyroclastic density currents caused by the entrainment and heating of ambient air ...
Guillaume Carazzo, Geoffrey Robert
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Dynamics and hazards of stratified pyroclastic density currents

2014
In the context of a study on pyroclastic flow hazards in caldera settings, we have analyzed the role of particle sedimentation and stratification on the kinematics of particle-driven gravity currents. By means of a two-dimensional multiphase flow numerical model we have simulated the propagation of monodisperse particle-laden currents triggered by the ...
Esposti Ongaro , Tomaso   +3 more
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Pyroclastic density currents at Ruapehu volcano; New Zealand

2016
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are hazardous mixtures of volcanic particles and gas that travel along the flanks of a volcano due to a higher bulk density than the surrounding atmosphere. Understanding the frequencies, magnitudes, and different PDC generation and transport processes is essential for understanding the PDC hazard.
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