A tsunami is likely to have caused the demise of the Minoan culture Stefan Ernst The giant tsunami responsible for the demise of the ancient Minoan civilisation may have been caused by pyroclastic ...

Witness the explosive eruption at Paluweh that followed the dramatic lava dome collapse, revealing stunning pyroclastic flow deposits. Aqua/MODIS image of Paluweh, showing the thermal anomaly caused ...

08:29, Fri, Jun 29, 2018 Updated: 08:29, Fri, Jun 29, 2018 Mount Agung had been dormant for 120 years prior to its eruption in 1963 - it was Indonesia’s largest and most devastating eruption in the ...

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

I work on understanding the sedimentary processes and deposits from explosive volcanic eruptions. I am particularly interested in pyroclastic density currents, and using experiments to understand ...

Two male victims of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius were discovered at the Civita Giuliana villa, about 700 meters northwest of Pompeii. Buried in pyroclastic material more than two meters deep, their ...

Indonesia's most active volcano has erupted, sending a giant ash column 18,000 ft into the sky and forcing families living nearby to evacuate their homes. Mount Merapi's sudden eruption on Friday ...