Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

One of the leading killers during explosive volcanic eruptions is a family of superheated gas, ash, and debris known as pyroclastic density currents. These tumbling, turbulent paroxysms rush downslope ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Seven years after the eruption of Mount Merapi, there were substantial differences in the degree of recolonisation on barren landscape formed ...

Rocky debris and superheated steam that erupts out of volcanoes can travel over land at around 200 kilometres per hour. A study shows that these pyroclastic flows are so speedy because the rubble ...