Search on: NUEE ARDENT 
Descriptors Found: 1
Displaying: 1 .. 1  

 1 / 1 DeCS     
Descriptor English:   Pyroclastic Flow 
Descriptor Spanish:   Flujo Piroclįstico 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Nuvem Ardente 
Synonyms English:   Glowing Cloud
Nuee Ardent  
Tree Number:   SP8.473.654.762.802.746
Definition English:   High density flow of solid volcanic fragments suspended in gas which flows downslope from a volcanic vent (at speed up to 200 km/h) which may also develop from partial collapse of a vertical eruption cone, subdivided according to fragment composition and nature of flowage into: ash flow, glowing avalanche, nuee ardent, pumice flow (Material II - IDNDR, 1992) 
See Related English:   Ejecta
Pyroclastic Material
 
Record Number:   34743 

Occurrence in VHL:
 

Similar:

 
DeCS