2. Noun. The dried-out product of such a flow. Also called mudslide, mudspate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mudflow
1. a moving mass of mud [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudflow
Literary usage of Mudflow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"This lahar, which had the characteristics of mudflow, modified more than 74.6 miles
... The first mudflow contained large amounts of debris, and observers ..."
2. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert Fiske Griggs (1922)
"Traveling transversely across the gullied bad lands of the mudflow, a route made
necessary by the condition of the canyon below, was very laborious, ..."
3. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"TABLE II Rates of Headwall Retreat and mudflow Movement in Two Ground Ice ...
Summer 1972 Headwall Retreat mudflow Movement Average Average Rate Rate of ..."
4. Geological Disasters in the Philippines: July ‘90 Earthquake & June ‘91 by Giovanni Rantucci (1995)
"Tarlac After the mid-June paroxysms of the volcano, some gas and ash emission
and minor seis- ^ë- ^'^ ~ mudflow Hazard Map of Mount Pinatubo, ..."
5. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"mudflow. A general term for a flowing mass of predominantly fine-grained earth
... The Indonesian term lahar is often used interchangeably with mudflow. ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Fossils of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States Named in by J. Peter Lesley (1889)
"RR cut below Huntingdon on the Juniata, beds No. 63 of White's section (T3, 265)
are covered with mudflow casts (See mudflow below), and hold also ..."
7. The Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks by Larry H. Ludmer (2000)
"Shortly before reaching the southwestern (or Nisqually) exit of the park is the
site of the Kautz mudflow. A mud slide in the 1920s did extensive damage ..."
8. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"This lahar, which had the characteristics of mudflow, modified more than 74.6 miles
... The first mudflow contained large amounts of debris, and observers ..."
9. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert Fiske Griggs (1922)
"Traveling transversely across the gullied bad lands of the mudflow, a route made
necessary by the condition of the canyon below, was very laborious, ..."
10. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"TABLE II Rates of Headwall Retreat and mudflow Movement in Two Ground Ice ...
Summer 1972 Headwall Retreat mudflow Movement Average Average Rate Rate of ..."
11. Geological Disasters in the Philippines: July ‘90 Earthquake & June ‘91 by Giovanni Rantucci (1995)
"Tarlac After the mid-June paroxysms of the volcano, some gas and ash emission
and minor seis- ^ë- ^'^ ~ mudflow Hazard Map of Mount Pinatubo, ..."
12. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"mudflow. A general term for a flowing mass of predominantly fine-grained earth
... The Indonesian term lahar is often used interchangeably with mudflow. ..."
13. A Dictionary of the Fossils of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States Named in by J. Peter Lesley (1889)
"RR cut below Huntingdon on the Juniata, beds No. 63 of White's section (T3, 265)
are covered with mudflow casts (See mudflow below), and hold also ..."
14. The Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks by Larry H. Ludmer (2000)
"Shortly before reaching the southwestern (or Nisqually) exit of the park is the
site of the Kautz mudflow. A mud slide in the 1920s did extensive damage ..."
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