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Volcano vs Ignimbrite - What's the difference?

volcano | ignimbrite |

As nouns the difference between volcano and ignimbrite

is that volcano is a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface while ignimbrite is (geology) a deposit left by the pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.

volcano

English

(wikipedia volcano)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from "volcano") * active volcano * complex volcano * cryovolcano * dormant volcano * extinct volcano * mud volcano * shield volcano * stratovolcano * subglacial volcano * supervolcano * * volcanic * volcanism * volcanology

    See also

    * crater * lava * lava flow * magma * vent English nouns with irregular plurals

    ignimbrite

    English

    (wikipedia ignimbrite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A deposit left by the pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 13:
  • *:The walls of the houses and shops and temples were often constructed of alternating courses of large blocks of ignimbrite and small, sienna-coloured Roman bricks.