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ignimbrite

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ig·nim·brite  (gnm-brt)
n.
A volcanic rock formed by the welding together of tuff material from an explosive volcanic eruption.
[Latin ignis, fire + imber, imbr-, rain + -ite.]
ignimbrite  (gnm-brt)
A volcanic rock formed by the consolidation of volcanic ash and other material ejected by an explosive volcanic eruption.


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1990, The Rosebury controversy: distinguishing prospective submarine ignimbrite-like units from true subaerial ignimbrites in the Rosebury-Hercules Zn-Cu-Pb massive sulfide district, Tasmania: Geological Society of Australia Abstracts, v.
Igneous rock associations 6. modelling of deep submarine pyroclastic ... by Lentz, D.R. / Geoscience Canada
In addition there are Tertiary-aged volcanic rocks including voluminous rhyolitic ignimbrites and andesite.
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The mines exploited low-sulfidation epithermal quartz veins, stockworks and breccias, hosted by Tertiary rhyolite ignimbrite within the Tepic-Chapala Graben.
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