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Pyroclastic Flow  Coulée pyroclastique
A fast-moving turbulent mixture of hot gas and rock fragment flowing down the flank of a volcano (adapted from: Plummer et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Igneous rocks

Related words:
  Volcano
  Volcanic Eruption
  Lava
  Extrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Volcanic)
  Pyroclast