Eruption cloud

A cloud of volcanic gases, with ash and other pyroclastic fragments (tephra), that forms by volcanic explosion; Syn: explosion cloud; ash cloud; dust cloud [volc]; volcanic cloud; volcanic plume. _{(Neuendorf, K.K.E. and others, 2011)}

• DGGS online catalog of government agency publications relating to: Eruption cloud
• Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO): Homepage
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Volcanic ash...what it can do and how to prevent damage