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tuffaceous

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tuffaceous [tə′fā·shəs]
(geology)
Pertaining to sediments which contain up to 50% tuff.


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In tuffaceous sandstone and conglomerate at the Yellow Chief mine, 2.
Tuffaceous interflow sediment in the mafic volcanic rocks west of Anyox yielded a detrital zircon age of ca.
Unlike the ash that covered Pompeii, however, what fell on Herculaneum formed a compact mass of hard, tuffaceous matter 60 feet deep that preserved the town embedded within almost as perfectly as amber preserves an insect.
 
 
 
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