New insights into the Upper Pleistocene directed blast eruption, Popocatépetl volcano, México

• Main Authors: Lira-Beltrán, R. Marcela, Caballero, Lizeth, Sourisseau, Delphine, Chavarría, Gerardo Ruiz, Lerner, Geoffrey A.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Directed blast; Debris avalanche
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181820
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Volcanic eruptions of the directed blast type are characterized by powerful explosions with a significant lateral pyroclastic density current (PDC) component that can travel at speeds above 100 m s–1 and affect hundreds of square kilometers around a volcano. This study presents preliminary results o...