Volcanic Terminology
The study of volcanoes, or Volcanology, includes many odd terms.
How many do you know?
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The term nuée ardente, or "glowing cloud" was first used by La Croix (1904)
in his description of the volcanic flows he observed in the 1902 eruption of Mt Pelée, a historically
active volcano on the island of Martinique.
There are many different types of volcanic eruptions and landforms. They can be classified according to the
degree of "explosiveness" and the height of the eruption column:
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