pyroclastic
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py·ro·clas·tic (pī'rō-klăs'tĭk) 
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adj.
Composed chiefly of rock fragments of volcanic origin.
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 | pyroclast (geology) |
| palagonite tuff (petrology) |
| Lapilli |
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- pyroclast (geology)
- palagonite tuff (petrology)
- Lapilli
- accessory ejecta (geology)
- active volcano (geology)
- composite cone (geology)
- lapilli-tuff (geology)
- volcanic ash (geology)
- accidental ejecta (geology)
- ashy grit (geology)
- Aso lava (geology)
- lahar (geology)
- pumiceous (geology)
- tephrostratigraphy (geology)
