Tuff is a rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition the ash lithifies into solid rock; a deposit is classified as tuff once it contains more than seventy five percent ash. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification UseBuilding and Construction 2 Wikipedia 'Tuff' states this use (or use-bearing statement); earth5 pass. Formation ClassIgneous, pyroclastic (consolidated volcanic ash ejected and deposited during an eruption) 1 Connections
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Source Aleipata Islands (Wikipedia)
Source Bishops and Clerks (Wikipedia)
Source Chimney Rock (Colorado) (Wikipedia)
Source Chiricahua National Monument (Wikipedia)
Source East Kirkton Quarry (Wikipedia)
Source Ellsworth Mountains (Wikipedia)
Source Madalena Islets (Wikipedia)
Source Pitcairn Islands (Wikipedia)
Source Potrero (landform) (Wikipedia)
Source Tunkin Depression (Wikipedia)
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Caused by volcanic eruption: tuff lithifies from ejected volcanic ash.
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Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash lithifies into solid rock.
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Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff.
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Aleipata Islands (Wikipedia)
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The islands are eroded volcanic tuff rings, and consist of a small northern pair on Upolu's barrier reef, and a larger southern pair outside it.
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The islands are eroded volcanic tuff rings, and consist of a small northern pair on Upolu's barrier reef, and a larger southern pair outside it.
View the SourceBishops and Clerks (Wikipedia)
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Llechau-uchaf is formed from the late Cambrian 'Lingula Flags' whilst Carreg-trai is formed from Ordovician acid tuffs of the Llanrian Volcanic Formation.
View the Source Chiricahua National Monument (Wikipedia)
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The thick, white-hot ash spewed forth from the nearby Turkey Creek Caldera, cooled and hardened into rhyolitic tuff, laying down almost 2,000 ft (610 m) of highly siliceous, dark volcanic ash and pumice.
View the Source East Kirkton Quarry (Wikipedia)
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The site is dominated by volcanic tuff, limestone, and silica deposits of large freshwater lakes associated with hot springs and local basaltic (high-iron) volcanism.
View the Source Ellsworth Mountains (Wikipedia)
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the Heritage Group is the Union Glacier Formation of ashflow tuff-lahar deposits, the Hyde Glacier Formation of graywacke-argillite-conglomerate, the Drake Icefall Formation of black shales and marble, the Conglomerate Ridge
View the Source Madalena Islets (Wikipedia)
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The space between the two islets is the old volcanic crater formed of tuff rock and is approximately 20 metres (66 ft) deep.
View the Source Pitcairn Islands (Wikipedia)
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Pitcairn Island is a volcanic remnant primarily formed of tuff, where the north side of the cone has been eroded.
View the Source Potrero (landform) (Wikipedia)
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Notable examples of potreros include some of the many mesas of the Pajarito Plateau near Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States).These "finger mesas" were once a continuous deposit of compressed volcanic ash (the Bandelier Tuff).
View the Source Tunkin Depression (Wikipedia)
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The Tunkin volcanic field has filled the Tunkin Depression with about 500 metres (1,600 ft) of volcanic products, which range from Miocene to Quaternary and include basaltic lava flows and tuffs.
View the Source Chimney Rock (Colorado) (Wikipedia)
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