Pyroclastic surge deposits from La Breña maar in México's Durango volcanic field show both laminar and dune bedding. The thin beds (pen in the center for scale) were created by successive explosive eruptions that produced high-velocity pyroclastic surges that swept radially away from the volcano. The direction of movement of the surge clouds was from right to left, as seen from the truncated dune beds on the near-vent side.

Photo by Jim Luhr, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: deposit | stratigraphy | pyroclastic density current (PDC) | field work | geology | pyroclastic surge

Durango Volcanic Field