Meaning Lahar
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A very rapid type of downslope mass movement that involving mudflows from volcanic ash.
Source: physicalgeography.net

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A mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano.
Source: ge-at.iastate.edu (offline)

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flow of mud and other wet material from a volcano.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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a mud landslide that rushes down the side of a volcano and freezes into place like concrete.
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mudflow associated with volcanic activity. Surface water mixes with volcanic ash to produce the lahar.
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A torrential flow of water-saturated volcanic debris down the slope of a volcano in response to gravity. A type of mudflow.
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(Javanese) torrential flow of water and debris from a volcano. Often lahars are caused by the sudden melting of snow tops by volcanic eruptions. laminarian: (L: lamina= scale, thin layer) the true kel [..]
Source: seafriends.org.nz

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A mudflow of unconsolidated volcanic ash, dust, breccia, and boulders mixed with rain or the water of a lake displaced by a lava flow.
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A type of mudflow that originates on the slopes of volcanoes when volcanic ash and debris becomes saturated with water and flows rapidly downslope. lamination
Source: nature.nps.gov

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A flood of mud and rocks from the slopes of a volcano. May be triggered by earthquakes, landslides, or when the rim of a caldera lake is breached. See When Rivers of Rock Flow
Source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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(Mt. Pinatubo Trip)
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(geology) A volcanic mudflow. * '''1985''', Jocelyn Thornton, ''Field Guide to New Zealand Geology'', page 204 *: Such a highly destructive mud-flow (termed a lahar) eventually stops as a pile of [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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lahar (volcanic mudflow)
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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A mudflow caused by erupted materials such as ash, dust and lava from a volcanic eruption mixing with water.
Source: rgs.org (offline)





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