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Record 1 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A tuff that consists predominantly of crystals and fragments of crystals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les tufs sont parfois classés d'après la composition du magma dont ils proviennent (tufs porphyriques, andésitiques, basaltiques, etc.), ou d'après la nature prédominante des éléments (tuf vitreux, tuf cristallin, tuf à palagonite, etc.) [...]

OBS

tuf : Pierre poreuse provenant d'un dépôt de calcaire dissous [...] ou de la consolidation des poussières et des cendres volcaniques.

Spanish

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