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Meaning of pyroclastic density current | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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a pyroclastic flow; a gas-rich, hot, dense, ground-hugging torrent of ash, lapilli, and volcanic blocks that results from the gravitational collapse of a volcanic eruption column, associated with explosive plinian and ultraplinian volcanic eruptions, and which produces a type of volcaniclastic deposit called an ash-flow tuff or an ignimbrite.

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C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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