tuff is an igneous rock
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welded tuff is a igneous rock so it is more likely for it to have the same minerals as most other igneous rocks.
A pluton is intrusive, meaning that it is below ground. Other words to describe a pluton would be batholith or laccolith.
If the process of cementation is volcanic you get a "tuff". If the cementation post sedimentation of rock clasts you get a sedimentary rock which may be a breccia or a conglomerate.
Sedimentary rock is composed of the weathered remains of a variety of rocks of all ages. It would therefore only be possible to date specific components of a sample, none of which would equate to the age of the sedimentary rock as a unit. Sedimentary rock is dated by its association in the geologic column with igneous and metamorphic rock which can be dated by radioactive dating techniques.
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igneous (extrusive)
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock formed when sand weathered from preexisting rock is cemented together. Tuff is an igneous rock formed from volcanic ash.
Tuff is considered an extrusive igneous rock.
Yes. Tuff is an extrusive igneous rock formed by explosive volcanic eruptions.
yes
welded tuff is a igneous rock so it is more likely for it to have the same minerals as most other igneous rocks.
Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word igneusmeaning of fire, from ignis meaning fire) is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic rock. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.3 types Basalt , Obsidian and tuff
Not usually. Unless the rock is tuff or is heavily weathered, most igneous rocks are quite strong.
Sedimentary rock can be changed into igneous rock by undergoing melting and then solidification. At a subduction zone (at a convergent plate boundary, where one plate slides beneath another), layers of sedimentary rock will be assimilated into the mantle. Some areas may undergo enough heating to actually melt, especially if there is water or carbon dioxide trapped in the rock. If this rock later makes it to the surface and cools, it will become an igneous rock. Another area where sedimentary rock could be changed into igneous rock is on the interior of a composite volcano -- The heat and force of the magma could break off chunks of volcanic welded tuff, causing it to melt. If the volcano then erupts, the former sedimentary rock would be incorporated into the lava and solidify into igneous rock.
No. Tuff is an igneous rock. it contains a number of minerals as well as volcanic ash and pumice, which are forms of volcaninc glass.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are differentin their method of formation. Igneous rocks solidify from melt, sedimentary rocks form from the lithification of sediments, and metamorphic rocks form from the application of heat and/or pressure over time. These rocks are alike in some ways, too, however. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks can share compositions -- they can be composed of cominations of biotite, calcite, quartz or other minerals. Their origin can also be shared. For example, a composite volcano has all three types: a sedimentary rock formed from welded pyroclastics, called welded volcanic tuff, piles up on the slopes. Lava solidifies on the slopes as well, forming igneous rocks. Inside the volcano, solid rock is exposed to heat but doesn't melt. This rock is transformed into metamorphic rock.