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ignimbrite (adjective): Referring to a volcanic rock formed from the consolidation of pyroclastic material ejected during an explosive volcanic eruption; characterized by a high content of pumice and volcanic glass
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- A deposit left by the pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.
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This ignimbrite was likely formed by a column collapse.
Pyroclastic plateaus are also called ignimbrite plateaus.
The ignimbrite is rich in crystals and fiammes.
It overlies a plateau which is composed of ignimbrite.
Phenocrysts within the ignimbrite are chiefly formed by plagioclase.
Ignimbrite eruptions continued after the formation of the caldera.
This can lead to the production of a rock called ignimbrite.
The ignimbrite is rich in fiamme.
The latter is of fluvial origin and also contains an ignimbrite layer.
The ignimbrite reaches its maximum thickness in the complex.
Southwards the section passes up into a massive and partly banded rhyodacitic ignimbrite.
This structure of the ignimbrite has been explained by magma chamber processes.
Porco is also considered to be the source of the Cebadillas ignimbrite.
The mineralogy of an ignimbrite is controlled primarily by the chemistry of the source magma.
The Purico complex is the source of the major Purico ignimbrite.
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Earlier ignimbrite eruptions occurred further north than Taupo.
A Plinian eruption on Escorial was the source of the dacitic Escorial ignimbrite.
The volume of the Incapillo ignimbrite is comparable to that of the Katmai ignimbrite.
The ash layers left behind are known as the Campanian Ignimbrite.
During the Pleistocene ignimbrite volcanism waned again and stratovolcanoes began to develop.
I'm finding what appears to be ignimbrite.
Extensive ignimbrite deposits associated with the collapse of Mallahle and Nabro volcanoes blanket the countryside.
The lowermost Lower Purico Ignimbrite is one single flow.
An ignimbrite is associated with Laguna Colorada.
The rock on Mount Stromlo consists of ignimbrite from the Laidlaw Volcanics.
The Tara ignimbrite fills part of the La Pacana caldera.
Some post-eruption alteration of the ignimbrite deposits also took place.
The San Pablo ignimbrite has been associated with the formation of the Cordillera Nevada Caldera.
Explosively erupted pyroclastic material is called tephra and includes tuff, agglomerate and ignimbrite.
The Tarahumara ignimbrite province is formed.
Ignimbrite is a porous rock, so it is particularly vulnerable to erosion.
One sample of Lauca ignimbrite is younger than the Lauca caldera.
Ignimbrite - volcanic material left on the surface from a supervolcano eruption.
The Peach Spring ignimbrite reveals its secrets.
A larger eruption ensued, producing pumice over a huge area, and a small ignimbrite deposit.
A further small ignimbrite named Morro II has been linked to Negra Muerta.
The basement is formed by the Miocene-Pliocene age Ujina ignimbrite.
Inside the caldera the ignimbrite is up to 1 km deep.
The Atana ignimbrite is fairly welded, rich in crystals and poor in lithics.
In the process of boiling off this water, the ignimbrite layer may become metasomatised altered.
Both contain pumices, three different types of which are found in the Atana ignimbrite.
In volcanology, a pyroclastic shield or ignimbrite shield is an uncommon type of shield volcano.
Afterwards, this debris was buried by the Luingo II ignimbrite.
Some surfaces of the ignimbrite have been affected by glaciation, giving them a smooth surface.
Where I was expecting to find andesite and dacite, I am finding what appears to be ignimbrite.
Additional eruptions of ignimbrite continued in Nevada until roughly 14 million years ago.
Where I was expecting to see andesite and dacite, I am finding what appears to be ignimbrite.
Events here may relate to the ignimbrite flare-up of the southern Basin and Range.
The ignimbrite was deposited much later, 6 million years ago.
This " foot " is made out of an ignimbrite plateau that drops down south.
