Lahar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɑhɑɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lahar is a noun meaning (geology) A volcanic mudflow.
Meaning
(geology) A volcanic mudflow.
Example Sentences
A regime of persistent lahar activity results when eruptive activity continually supplies unconsolidated volcanic material for remobilization.
Such a highly destructive mud-flow (termed a lahar) eventually stops as a pile of debris of all shapes and sizes, as mixed up as a glacial moraine; the two deposits have often been confused.
Pyroclastic flows are often difficult to distinguish in outcrops from a similar type of fragmental debris flow known as lahars. Both are characteristically unstratified and unsorted. A deposit containing blocks of varied compositions with rounded shapes is more likely to have been formed by a lahar than by a glowing avalanche.
Word Forms
- lahars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mudflow, lavascape, lavafall, sluff, dirtfall, mudslide.
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