Course grained/ Jagged/
Yes, welded tuff and cemented tuff can result from the same volcano. Welded tuff forms when volcanic ash and debris are ejected at high temperatures and fuse together upon landing, forming a welded rock. Cemented tuff forms when loose volcanic ash and debris accumulate and are later compacted and cemented together. Both processes can occur in the same volcanic eruption, resulting in different types of tuff.
Welded tuff is forms when the ash deposited is so hot that it is still partially molten. The still liquid component then cools, fusing the deposit into a single solid mass. Cemented tuff becomes bound together from processes similar to those that form ordinary sedimentary rocks. Grains are bound together under pressure as minerals dissolved in water crystallize.
The mountain built up by a volcano is essentially a pile of material that has erupted from it such as lava, ash, and welded tuff.
Fragmental texture is a type of rock texture characterized by the presence of fragmented or broken rock particles that are welded together. These particles can vary in size and shape, often created by volcanic or explosive processes. Common examples include tuff and breccia.
Small to medium grain size.
Welded tuff typically contains minerals such as quartz, feldspar, biotite, and hornblende. The exact mineral composition can vary depending on the specific geologic setting where the welded tuff formed.
Yes, welded tuff and cemented tuff can result from the same volcano. Welded tuff forms when volcanic ash and debris are ejected at high temperatures and fuse together upon landing, forming a welded rock. Cemented tuff forms when loose volcanic ash and debris accumulate and are later compacted and cemented together. Both processes can occur in the same volcanic eruption, resulting in different types of tuff.
Squashed pumice blobs in a welded tuff .
== == Rhyolite, basalt, pumice, obsidian, andesite, dacite, tuff, welded tuff, scoria.
Welded tuff is forms when the ash deposited is so hot that it is still partially molten. The still liquid component then cools, fusing the deposit into a single solid mass. Cemented tuff becomes bound together from processes similar to those that form ordinary sedimentary rocks. Grains are bound together under pressure as minerals dissolved in water crystallize.
== == Rhyolite, basalt, pumice, obsidian, andesite, dacite, tuff, welded tuff, scoria.
The mountain built up by a volcano is essentially a pile of material that has erupted from it such as lava, ash, and welded tuff.
Fragmental texture is a type of rock texture characterized by the presence of fragmented or broken rock particles that are welded together. These particles can vary in size and shape, often created by volcanic or explosive processes. Common examples include tuff and breccia.
there is no visible grain size
Small to medium grain size.
Particle size is another name for the term grain size.
Slaet in grain size is the size of sand crystals.