Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...
Thermal camera footage also released by PHIVOLCS showed pyroclastic density currents — fast-moving flows of hot gas and volcanic material — cascading down the southern slopes of the volcano. The ...
Thick deposits (~4 m) of the Tierra Blanca Joven pyroclastic density currents at a site located 30 km west of the vent. These fast flows of hot particles and gas decimated everything within 40 km of ...