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What (who) is nuée - definition

FAST-MOVING CONCENTRATED CURRENT OF HOT GAS AND VOLCANIC MATTER THAT MOVES AWAY FROM A VOLCANO
Pyroclastic flows; Pyroclastic Flow; Pyroclastic Eruption; Nuée ardente; Nuee ardente; Pyroclastic cloud; Nués ardentes; Pyroclasic flows; Pyroclastic density current; Ash flow; Nues ardentes; Nuees ardentes; Pyroclastic Flows; Stone wind; Nuée Ardente; Glowing Cloud; Nuées ardentes; Nuee Ardente; Pyroclastic eruption; Pyroclastic current; Pyroclastic Current; Pyroclastic Stream; Pyroclastic stream; Nue ardente; Ashflows; Ashflow
  • Pyroclastic rocks from the [[Bishop tuff]]; uncompressed with [[pumice]] (on left), compressed with [[fiamme]] (on right)
  • The casts of some victims in the so-called "Garden of the Fugitives", [[Pompeii]]
  • Building remnant in Francisco Leon destroyed by pyroclastic surges and flows during eruption of [[El Chichon]] volcano in Mexico in 1982. Reinforcement rods in the concrete were bent in the direction of the flow.

nuee ardente         
[?nj?e. ?:'d? uee ardentet]
¦ noun Geology an incandescent cloud of gas, ash, and lava fragments ejected from a volcano, typically as part of a pyroclastic flow.
Origin
Fr., lit. 'burning cloud'.

Wikipedia

Pyroclastic flow

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of 100 km/h (30 m/s) but is capable of reaching speeds up to 700 km/h (190 m/s). The gases and tephra can reach temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,800 °F).

Pyroclastic flows are the most deadly of all volcanic hazards and are produced as a result of certain explosive eruptions; they normally touch the ground and hurtle downhill, or spread laterally under gravity. Their speed depends upon the density of the current, the volcanic output rate, and the gradient of the slope.