The impact of pyroclastic density currents duration on humans: the case of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius

Abstract Pyroclastic density currents are ground hugging gas-particle flows that originate from the collapse of an eruption column or lava dome. They move away from the volcano at high speed, causing devastation. The impact is generally associated with flow dynamic pressure and temperature. Little e...

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Main Authors: Pierfrancesco Dellino, Fabio Dioguardi, Roberto Isaia, Roberto Sulpizio, Daniela Mele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84456-7