Pyroclastic

Pyroclast, Pyroclastic or Pyroclastics may refer to:

Geology

  • Pyroclast, or airborne Tephra fragments
  • Pyroclastic rock – Clastic rocks composed solely or primarily of volcanic materials
  • Pyroclastic cone – Landform of ejecta from a volcanic vent piled up in a conical shape
  • Pyroclastic fall – Deposit of material ejected from a volcanic eruption
  • Pyroclastic flow – Fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that moves away from a volcano
  • Pyroclastic Peak – mountain in Canada
  • Pyroclastic shield – Shield volcano formed mostly of pyroclastic and highly explosive eruptions
  • Pyroclastic surge – Mass of turbulent ash and gas that occurs in some volcanic eruptions

Other

See also

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