volcanic tuff
noun
Origin of volcanic tuff
1First recorded in 1805–15
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How to use volcanic tuff in a sentence
Tuff, tuf, n. generally volcanic tuff, the name given to the comminuted rock-dbris ejected from a volcanic orifice.
At one place I noticed an Indian trail leading up a ridge apparently consisting of volcanic tuff.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) | Carl LumholtzIt grows here and there in groups at high altitudes, on decomposed volcanic tuff.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) | Carl LumholtzThe great mass of the surface of the mountain, not specially mentioned above, is volcanic tuff.
Etna | G. F. RodwellThe Tank Site specimens range through volcanic tuff, siliceous sinter, escoriated basalt, to a fine-grained basalt.
The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 | A. E. Treganza
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