Fiamme and Pyroclastic Texture
Item
- Title
- Fiamme and Pyroclastic Texture
- Description
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Fiamme – a piece of pumice that has been severely compressed by the weight of the overriding volcanic material in a deposit. They appear as long, black and “lense-shaped” fragments in the deposit
Pyroclastic – texture composed of many different types/shapes of volcanic debris, created during an explosive eruption.
- Contributor
- Emma Sosa