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pyroclastic density currents

Imaggeo on Mondays: Pyroclastic flow, Montserrat

Imaggeo on Mondays:  Pyroclastic flow, Montserrat

Below the warm and tranquil waters of the Caribbean, some 480 km away from Puerto Rico, the North America Plate is being subducted under the Caribbean Plate. This has led to the formation of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc; the result of the formation of reservoirs of magma as fluids from the down going North …[Read More]