The study of volcanoes, or Volcanology,includes many odd terms.
How many of these do you Know?
caldera
vesicularity
pahoehoe
rheology
lahar
The term nuée ardente, or "glowing cloud" was first used by La Croix (1904) in his description of the volcanic flows he observed in the 1902 eruption of the Mt Pelée a historically active volcano on the island on the island of Martinique
There are many different types of volcanic eruptions and landforms.
They can be classified according to the
degree of "explosiveness"
and the height of the eruption column:
