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pyroclastic flownoun GeologyA dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing at great speed.They may be buried in place by inundation of sediment or even by lavas or pyroclastic flows....- The eruption has been characterized by lava dome extrusion, dome-collapse pyroclastic flows and explosive activity.
- Even scarier and more destructive than volcanic mudflows are pyroclastic flows or glowing avalanches.
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