ash flow

ash flow
   (not preferred
   see pyroclastic flow, pyroclastic surge) A highly heated mixture of volcanic gases and ash, traveling down the flank of a volcano or along the surface of the ground; produced by the explosive disintegration of viscous lava in a volcanic crater, or by the explosive emission of gas-charged ash from a fissure or group of fissures. The solid materials contained in a typical ash flow are generally unsorted and ordinarily include volcanic dust, pumice, scoria, and blocks in addition to ash. (Also called a pyroclastic flow.)
   Compare: nuee ardente, lahar, pyroclastic.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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