Planetary Ecologist<p>Dispersal index (Volcanology 🌋)</p><p>Dispersal index is a parameter in volcanology. The dispersal index D {\displaystyle D} was defined by George P. L. Walker in 1973 as the surface area covered by an ash or tephra fall, where the thickness is equal or more than 1/100 of the thickness of the fall at the vent. An eruption with a low dispersal index leaves most of its products close to the vent, forming a cone; an ...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersal_index" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersa</span><span class="invisible">l_index</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DispersalIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DispersalIndex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tephra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tephra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volcanology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volcanology</span></a></p>