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pyroclastic rock
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pyroclastic rock [¦pī·rə¦klas·tik ′räk]
(petrology)
A rock that is composed of fragmented volcanic products ejected from volcanoes in explosive events.


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This interpretation assumes that pyroclastic eruptions cannot occur below the critical point of seawater (31.
He had witnessed a pyroclastic surge--a volcanic explosion resulting in a downpour of rocks and ash.
More dangerous than tephra are so-called pyroclastic flows, which roll down a volcano rather than towering above it (SN: 1/13/01, p.
 
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