Tuff volcano

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Tuffvulkan (also ash volcano ) is a volcano type in the finer especially Loctite Products such as ash and lapilli , fewer bombs to be promoted. Over time, these products can then solidify into tuff . The resulting volcanic structures such as tuff cones or tuff rings are counted among the pyroclastic cones .

As a rule, phreatomagmatic explosions , where magma and water meet, with their high energy are the cause of the fine fragmentation of magma or adjacent rock.

Examples of tuff volcanoes are Hverfjall in Iceland and Diamond Head (Hawaii) .

See also

Volcanism

literature

  • Steve McNutt, Haraldur Sigurdsson and Hazel Rymer: Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. Academic Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-1264-3140-7