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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 The Mount Pelée May 8th, 1902 eruption is responsible for the deaths of more than 29,000 people, as well as the nearly-complete destruction of the city of Saint Pierre by a single pyroclastic current, and is, sadly, the deadliest eruption of the 20th ...
Valentin Gueugneau +5 more
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Modeling the Dynamics of Dense Pyroclastic Flows on Venus: Insights Into Pyroclastic Eruptions
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2021 Abstract On Venus, relatively young deposits near volcanic and coronal summits with unique radar characteristics have been proposed to be emplaced by pyroclastic density currents (PDCs). The proposed units are laterally extensive, long‐runout deposits showing moderate to high radar backscatter and circular polarization ratio in 12.6 ...
Indujaa Ganesh +2 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are a destructive volcanic hazard. Quantifying the types, frequency and magnitudes of PDC events is essential for effective risk management, but since historical records at best extend a few hundred years this usually ...
James Cowlyn +4 more
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Lava production at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat: 1995-2009 [PDF]
, 2010 [1] We estimate that about 1 km3 of andesitic lava has been produced at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat from 1995 to 2009. There were three major episodes of extrusion, each lasting about 2 to 3.5 years and producing about 280 to 340 M m3 of lava ...
Calder, E. S. +13 more
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Experimental study of dense pyroclastic density currents using sustained, gas-fluidized granular flows [PDF]
, 2014 International audienceWe present the results of laboratory experiments on the behaviour of sustained, dense granular flows in a horizontal flume, in which high-gas pore pressure was maintained throughout the flow duration by continuous injection of gas ...
Druitt, Timothy H. +8 more
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Kuwait Journal of Science, 2023 Indonesia is surrounded by three tectonic plates: the Eurasian, Indo−Australian, and Pacific plates. The plates have caused Indonesia to have many volcanoes, both active and inactive, resting, or no longer active.
Budi Legowo +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Volcanic eruptions are one of the largest natural disturbances and are followed by the establishment of novel plant and animal communities in terrestrial ecosystems.
Kyohei Iida +5 more
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HYDROLOGICAL AND STABILITY MODELLING OF INITIAL LANDSLIDES TRIGGERING DEBRIS FLOWS IN ASH-FALL DEPOSITS COVERING HILLSLOPES SURROUNDING SOMMA-VESUVIUS (SOUTHERN ITALY). [PDF]
, 2010 Rainfall-induced debris flows involving ash-fall pyroclastic deposits covering steep mountain slopes that surround the Somma-Vesuvius volcano, are natural events representing the main cause of risk for urban settlements located at footslopes.
Napolitano, Elisabetta
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Tracking Pyroclastic Flows at Soufrière Hills Volcano [PDF]
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2009 Explosive volcanic eruptions typically show a huge column of ash and debris ejected into the stratosphere, crackling with lightning. Yet equally hazardous are the fast moving avalanches of hot gas and rock that can rush down the volcano's flanks at speeds approaching 280 kilometers per hour. Called pyroclastic flows, these surges can reach temperatures
RIPEPE, MAURIZIO +7 more
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Submarine pyroclastic deposits in Tertiary basins, NE Slovenia
Geologija, 2013 In Tertiary basins of NE Slovenia, Upper Oligocene volcanic activity occurred in a submarine environment that experienced contemporaneous clastic sedimentation.
Polona Kralj
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