Which flow regime change occurs when a heavy pyroclastic surge passes over a saturated coastal plain?

💡 Explanation

Lahars will likely form because pyroclastic flows deposit hot ash onto water saturated ground; therefore, saturation lowers cohesion and rapidly mobilizes slope materials through mudflow initiation within the existing drainage, rather than other volcanic events.

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