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The word lahar is a general term for a flowing mixture of water and pyroclastic debris. It does not refer to a particular rheology or sediment concentration. [ 4 ] Lahars can occur as normal stream flows (sediment concentration of less than 30%), hyper-concentrated stream flows (sediment concentration between 30 and 60%), or debris flows ...
The word lahar is of Indonesian origin, but is now routinely used by geologists worldwide to describe volcanogenic debris flows. Nearly all of Earth's largest, most destructive debris flows are lahars that originate on volcanoes. An example is the lahar that inundated the city of Armero, Colombia.
Lahar's name was written syllabically as d La-ḫa-ar or d La-ḫar, or logographically as d U 8, "ewe." [2] The name is derived from Akkadian laḫru, also meaning "ewe."[1] The same logogram, d U 8, could also be used to write the name of another deity associated with herding, Šunidug ("his hand is good") [3] as well as of his father Ga'u (Gayu), the shepherd of Sin, [2] and of the mother ...
A powerful mudflow called a lahar is one of the most dangerous threats that can arise from a volcano.
Lahar and Ashnan are created in the "duku" or "pure place" and the story further describes how the Anunnaki create a sheepfold with plants and herbs for Lahar and a house, plough and yoke for Ashnan, describing the introduction of animal husbandry and agriculture. [15]
Detailed map of Mount Rainier's summit and northeast slope showing upper perimeter of Osceola collapse amphitheater (hachured line) The Osceola Mudflow, also known as the Osceola Lahar, was a debris flow and lahar in the U.S. state of Washington that descended from the summit and northeast slope of Mount Rainier, a volcano in the Cascade Range during a period of eruptions about 5,600 years ago.
The lahar-warning system at the station at 311 W. Pioneer went off about 10 a.m. The Puyallup Police Department posted on Twitter about 10:30 a.m. that the siren was a false alarm and that it was ...
Isn't lahar an icelandic word? It's my understading that a lahar can only occur when a volcano melts snow or a glacier (neither of which Indonesia has much of!). Otherwise, it's just a plain old mudslide. --radiojon 09:08, 2003 Sep 6 (UTC) The USGS says that it is an Indonesian word: . It doesn't need snow or ice: a lake of water can cause lahars.