Pyroclastic rock

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Description

A term for the rocks which are made of >75 % fragmental volcanic materials that have been explosively ejected.

Synonyms and Related Terms

rochas piroclsticas (Port.); roches pyroclastiques (Fr.)

Authority

  • Submitted information, Submitted information Comment: Jos Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.