NOUN
- a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles
How To Use Plinian eruption In A Sentence
- The vesicular nature of the products is typical of plinian eruptions in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, with rapid bubble formation and degassing occurring during eruption.
- Vezzoli, L. (2005) Explosive eruption of a picrite: the 3930 BP subplinian eruption of Etna volcano (Italy), Geophysical Research Letters, 32, ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- Although they differ markedly from nonexplosive Hawaiian eruptions, Plinian eruptions are similar to Hawaiian fire fountaining in that both of these eruption types generate sustained eruption plumes.
