USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
Pyroclastic Flows and Pyroclastic Surges
- Background and Information
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DESCRIPTION: Pyroclastic Flows, Surges, and Deposits
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Ash Flows ...
Ash Flow Sheet ...
Base Surges ...
Mount Pelée, West Indies 1902 ...
Mount St. Helens, Washington 1980 ...
Novarupta, Alaska 1912 ...
Nuees Ardentes ...
Pyroclastic Flows ...
Pyroclastic Surges ...
- Maps, Graphics, and Images
- Publications and Reports
- Items of Interest
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Ash and Tephra - Menu
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Hazards: Pyroclastic Flows
-- Excerpt from: Hoblitt, et.al., 1987, USGS Open File Report 87-297
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Hazards: Pyroclastic Surges
-- Excerpt from: Hoblitt, et.al., 1987, USGS Open File Report 87-297
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Mont Pelée, Martinique, West Indies - Menu
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Mount St. Helens, Washington, May 18, 1980 Pyroclastic Flow - Description
-- Excerpt from: Tilling, et.al., 1990
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Mount St. Helens, Washington, May 18, 1980 Pyroclastic Flow - Menu
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Mount St. Helens area showing May 18, 1980 devastation - Graphic
-- [Graphic,44K,InlineGIF]
-- includes pyroclastic flows, from: Tilling, et.al., 1990
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Nature of Depositional Contacts between Pyroclastic Deposits
and Snow or Ice
-- Walder, 1997, IN: Pierson (ed.), 1997,
USGS Open-File Report 96-179
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Novarupta, Katmai, Alaska, 1912 Eruption - Description
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CVO Photo Archives - Pyroclastic Flows - Mount St. Helens
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Publications and Reports - CVO Online
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Pumice and other pyroclastic deposits in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
-- Mullineaux, D.R., 1974, USGS Bulletin 1326
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Pyroclastic Flows - Mount St. Helens, May 18, 1980
-- Excerpt from: Tilling, et.al., 1990
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Pyroclastic Flows - Mount St. Helens Photo Archives
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Source, age, and description of some postglacial pyroclastic deposits in
Mount Rainier National Park
-- Modified from: Crandell, 1971, USGS Professional Paper 677
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Summary of Temperature Studies of 1980 Deposits
-- Banks and Hoblitt, 1981, IN: USGS Professional Paper 1250
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Volcanic Temperatures - Menu
-- includes Pyroclastic Flows
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Volcano Hazards Factsheet: Hazardous Phenomena at Volcanoes
-- section on Pyroclastic Flows and Pyroclastic Surges
-- Myers and Brantley, 1995, USGS Open-File Report 95-231
- Other Menus of Interest
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04/18/08, Lyn Topinka