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What does pyroclastic flow mean?

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Noun
  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.
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Risk is an indication of the possible impact of a particular hazard, a lava flow or pyroclastic flow for example.
The pyroclastic zone, also known as the pyroclastic flow, was created where hot pumice poured out of the volcano, sterilizing the earth.
My love is a pyroclastic flow that burns in every cathedral and every forest for christs and guerrillas in every plaza full of agitation.
The pyroclastic deposits mainly consist of block-and-ash, blast, tephra fallout and secondary pyroclastic flow deposits.
The tracks are impressed on a volcanic pyroclastic flow deposit and buried under volcanic ash.
Secondary pyroclastic flow deposits are locally exposed, generally infilling palaeochannels with no lateral continuity, and commonly overlying blast deposits.

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