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 Pyroclastic Surge - John Seach

A pyroclastic surge is a turbulent cloud of gas and rock fragments that flows across the ground.
A pyroclastic surge is more dilute than a pyroclastic flow.
Surges are not constrained by topography but can move over obstacles such as ridges and hills.
 

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