Plinian

/ ˈplɪnɪən /

adjective

Origin of Plinian¹

C20: named after Pliny the Younger, who described such eruptions

It would be impossible in any case for me to attempt a Plinian panegyric, or a French éloge.

Read two papers before the Plinian Society of Edinburgh "at the close of 1826 or early in 1827."

Fast-moving deadly pyroclastic flows (“nuées ardentes”) are also commonly associated with plinian eruptions.

The most powerful eruptions are called “plinian” and involve the explosive ejection of relatively viscous lava.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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