Pyroclast, Pyroclastic or Pyroclastics may refer to:
Geology
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Pyroclast
Tephra is fragmental material produced by a Volcano, volcanic eruption regardless of composition, fragment size, or emplacement mechanism.
Volcanologists also refer to airborne fragments as pyroclasts. Once clasts have fallen to the ground, ...
, or airborne volcanic tephra fragments
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Pyroclastic rock
Pyroclastic rocks are clastic rocks composed of rock fragments produced and ejected by explosive volcanic eruptions. The individual rock fragments are known as pyroclasts. Pyroclastic rocks are a type of volcaniclastic deposit, which are deposit ...
, rock fragments produced and ejected by explosive volcanic eruptions
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Pyroclastic cone, landform of ejecta from a volcanic vent
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Pyroclastic fall, a uniform deposit of material ejected from a volcanic eruption
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Pyroclastic flow, a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter
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Pyroclastic Peak, a volcanic peak south of Mount Cayley in British Columbia, Canada
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Pyroclastic shield, an uncommon type of shield volcano formed mostly of pyroclastic and highly explosive eruptions
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Pyroclastic surge, a mass of turbulent ash and gas that occurs in some volcanic eruptions
Other
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''Pyroclasts'' (album), 2019 instrumental album by Sunn O)))
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''Pyroclastics'' (album), 1992 album by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
See also
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Pyro (disambiguation)
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Volcanic ash
Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic glass, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches) in diameter. The term volcanic ash is also often loosely used to r ...
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