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Record 1 2004-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

Pyroclasts that range from 1 to 64 millimetres in diameter.

OBS

An individual fragment is called a lapillus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Petites pierres poreuses projetées par les volcans en éruption.

OBS

Selon le Petit Robert (PEROB, 1993, page 1259), «lapilli» ou sa variante «lapillis» sont deux noms masculins pluriels tandis que selon le Dictionnaire de géologie de A. Foucault (FOUGE, 1984, page 179), «lapilli» est singulier et désigne un «fragment de lave (élément pyroclastique) projeté par les volcans».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Fragmentos piroclásticos arrojados por un volcán con un diámetro entre 4 y 32 mm.

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