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No. Volcanic ash is composed largely of silica and metal oxides, with little or no carbon. The materal that the ash originates from has been inside the earth for millions, if not billions of years, so if there were any C14 in it to begin with, it would have decayed into immeasureably small quantities.
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∙ 8y agoThe ash itself cannot be carbon dated, but carbon dating can be used indirectly using plants and trees buried by the ash. Other methods such as potassium-argon dating are used for the ash itself.
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What is volcanic tuft made from?
The correct spelling is volcanic tuff instead of volcanic tuft. Volcanic ash that has been ejected from vents during eruption makes volcanic tuff.
Is volcanic ash radioactive?
No. Volcanic ash is harmful to inhale and can be toxic, but it is not radioactive.
What is volcanic ash good for?
Volcanic ash can create very fertile soil.
Does volcanic ash create basalt?
No. While volcanic ash can have a basaltic composition, it usually does not. Basalt forms from lava. Volcanic ash forms tuff.
What volcanic hazard is made up of rocky particles about the size of a grain of sand?
Volcanic ash
What is volcanic tuft made from?
The correct spelling is volcanic tuff instead of volcanic tuft. Volcanic ash that has been ejected from vents during eruption makes volcanic tuff.
What is volcanic ash good for?
Volcanic ash can create very fertile soil.
What is tephor?
Tephor is a type of volcanic ash. Tephor is a type of volcanic ash.
Is volcanic ash radioactive?
No. Volcanic ash is harmful to inhale and can be toxic, but it is not radioactive.
Does volcanic ash create basalt?
No. While volcanic ash can have a basaltic composition, it usually does not. Basalt forms from lava. Volcanic ash forms tuff.
Why does volcanic rock not contain many fossils?
There is nothing living in/on molten lava. You can find fossils in volcanic tuff, but that is volcanic ash that falls on things then fuses into a solid but soft and lightweight rock.
What volcanic hazard is made up of rocky particles about the size of a grain of sand?
Volcanic ash
What is specific health problem that volcanic ash can cause?
Volcanic ash can cause lung problems from breathing the ash in.
What is volcanic ash?
Volcanic ash tends to contain a mixture of tiny, sharp pieces of rock and glass, made from liquid droplets volcano that have cooled quickly. It's abrasive and mildy acidic and is known as tephra. Volcanic ash is expelled with great force from a volcano during an eruption. When the ash falls, it is hot and deadly, and can ignite fires, and it can also be spread over a very wide area by winds.
Why is volcanic ash so heavy?
Volcanic ash is not heavy at all. which is why it is able to be carried by wind.
What does volcanic ash release?
Volcanic ash releases a lot of things, one such thing is Sulfur.
What is made of volcanic ash cinders and bombs?
Volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs are called tephra.
