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SPINDLE-SHAPED BOMB [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A rotational volcanic bomb of fusiform shape, with earlike projections at its ends.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Bombe volcanique qui, projetée à l'état pâteux, s'est solidifiée en adoptant la forme imprimée par sa trajectoire rotative.

CONT

Les bombes [...] ont été projetées à l'état pâteux, la pâte enrobant un noyau solide. Leur forme est assez variable : certaines sont fusiformes, ayant pris cet aspect par tournoiement en l'air alors que la lave était encore pâteuse.

Spanish

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