pyroclastic rock

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Scope note
Rock formed when dislocated and rupturing solid material is explosively or aerially ejected from a volcanic vent or rock formed when solid fragments are incorporated into moving lava.
pyroclastic rock
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024