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Tufflava

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Tufflava 

a tuffaceous volcanic rock consisting of lava, ash, and fragments of glass. Tufflavas are intermediate in structure and method of formation between lavas and tuffs. Ignimbrite is a variety of tufflava.



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However, in rare cases the pressure of the overlying water column may be high enough to produce tufflava (tuff-like/lava-like rocks) that contain evidence of heat retention (cf.
 
 
 
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