Multiphase flow behaviour and hazard prediction of pyroclastic density currents

G Lube, ECP Breard, T Esposti-Ongaro… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are dangerous multiphase flows originating from
volcanic eruptions. PDCs cause more than a third of volcanic fatalities globally and …

Classification of ignimbrites and their eruptions

G Giordano, RAF Cas - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The term “ignimbrite” probably encompasses the one of the largest ranges of deposit types
on Earth, associated with the partial to total collapse of explosive eruption columns feeding …

The fragmentation-induced fluidisation of pyroclastic density currents

ECP Breard, J Dufek, S Charbonnier… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are the most lethal volcanic process on Earth.
Forecasting their inundation area is essential to mitigate their risk, but existing models are …

Generation of air lubrication within pyroclastic density currents

G Lube, ECP Breard, J Jones, L Fullard, J Dufek… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Pyroclastic density currents are highly dangerous ground-hugging currents from volcanoes
that cause> 50% of volcanic fatalities globally. These hot mixtures of volcanic particles and …

Discharge rate of explosive volcanic eruption controls runout distance of pyroclastic density currents

O Roche, N Azzaoui, A Guillin - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
We address, through quantitative analysis of results from independent studies, the control of
the discharge rate of explosive volcanic eruptions on the runout distance of highly …

Physical properties of pyroclastic density currents: relevance, challenges and future directions

TJ Jones, F Beckett, B Bernard, ECP Breard… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are hazardous and destructive phenomena that pose a
significant threat to communities living in the proximity of active volcanoes. PDCs are ground …

Initiation of dilute and concentrated pyroclastic currents from collapsing mixtures and origin of their proximal deposits

GA Valentine - Bulletin of Volcanology, 2020 - Springer
Numerical solution of the time-dependent conservation equations for mass, momentum,
specific internal energy, and granular temperature in flows involving gas-particle mixtures is …

Advances in our understanding of pyroclastic current behavior from the 1980 eruption sequence of Mount St. Helens volcano (Washington), USA

BD Brand, N Pollock, JW Vallance, TE Ongaro… - Bulletin of …, 2023 - Springer
This review summarizes what the volcanology community has learned thus far from studying
the deposits of pyroclastic currents (PCs) from the 1980 eruption sequence at Mount St …

Topographic controls on pyroclastic density current hazard at Aluto volcano (Ethiopia) identified using a novel zero‐censored Gaussian Process emulator

P Tierz, ET Spiller, BA Clarke… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aluto volcano (Central Ethiopia) displays a complex, hybrid topography, combining
elements typical of caldera systems (eg, a central, flat caldera floor) and stratovolcanoes (eg …

Explosive submarine eruptions: The role of condensable gas jets in underwater eruptions

RC Cahalan, J Dufek - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In explosive submarine eruptions, volcanic jets transport fragmented tephra and exsolved
gases from the conduit into the water column. Upon eruption the volcanic jet mixes with …