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EUTAXITIC TEXTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-07-23

English

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

Eutaxitic texture describes the layered or banded texture in explosive volcanic rocks. It is often caused by the compaction and flattening of glass shards and pumice fragments. Ignimbrites are typically characterized by fist-sized pumice fragments floating in a finer grained matrix but many ignimbrites, however, are still hot when they are emplaced so that the pumice and ash fragments are still plastic and malleable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Pétrographie

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