Pyroclastic Rocks |
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Introduction | 1 |
Types of Pyroclastic Accumulations | 8 |
Form of Volcanoes | 15 |
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abundant alkali Amer amount andesitic ash flow ash layers basaltic base surge basins beds breccias bubbles Bull caldera chemical clastic clasts commonly composition cones crater crystals dacitic debris flows density depth diameter ejecta emplacement epiclastic erup eruption column explosive facies fallout tephra fine-grained Fisher formation formed fragments Geol glass shards grading grain H₂O hyaloclastites hydroclastic ignimbrite island km³ Laacher lahars lapilli lava flows lithic maar mafic magma chambers magma column marine melts minerals Miocene Mount St occur oceanic palagonite particles phenocrysts phillipsite pillow Plinian pressure pumice pyroclastic flow pyroclastic flow deposits pyroclastic rocks rhyolitic Schmincke sedimentary sediments sequence sideromelane silicic slopes Sparks stratigraphic structures studies subaerial subaqueous submarine surface surge deposits tectonic temperature tephra tephra layers thick tholeiitic tion transport tuff tuff rings turbidites units velocity vent vesicles viscosity volatiles volcanic rocks volcaniclastic volcaniclastic rocks volume Walker welded zeolites zone