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Definitions for "Eruption cloud"
Keywords:  ash, crater, fragments, volcanic, gaseous
Related Terms: Nuêe ardente, Pyroclastic flow, Pyroclastic surge, Plinian eruption, Volcanic eruption, Ejecta, Volcano, Ash flow, Volcanism, Debris avalanche, Volcanic bomb, Volcanic ash, Caldera, Eruption, Magma, Chondrule, Plutonic, Extrusive, Lava , Regolith, Effusive eruption, Strombolian eruption, Bomb , Diatreme, Volcanic, Volcanic cone, Magma chamber, Lahar, Tektite, Intrusive, Pyroclastic, Extrusive rock, Cinder, Cinder cone, Diapir, Chondrite, Geosyncline, Tephra, Volcanic breccia, Igneous rock, Breccia, Pyroclastic rock, Intrusion, Volcanic crater, Volcanic rock, Igneous, Phenocryst, Ignimbrite, Volcaniclastic, Phenocrysts
Cloud of gas, ash, and other fragments that forms during an explosive volcanic eruption and travels long distances with the prevailing winds.
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The column of gases, ash, and larger rock fragments rising from a crater or other vent. If it is of sufficient volume and velocity, this gaseous column may reach many miles into the stratosphere, where high winds will carry it long distances.
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a gaseous cloud of volcanic ash and other pyroclastic fragments that is formed by volcanic explosion.
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