Abstract
The largest nuée ardente eruption of Santiaguito since November 1929, occurred April 19, 1973. The nuée descended the valley of the Rió Nimá II for a distance of about 4 km. The ash flow itself was restricted to the river bed, but the hot gas cloud devastated an area of more than 3 square kilometers extending hundreds of meters on both sides of the river bed. Because the ash cloud stopped about 2 km from the nearest habitations, there were no fatalities.
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Rose, W.I. Nuée ardente from santiaguito volcano April 1973. Bull Volcanol 37, 365–371 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597634
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597634