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Volcanic rock   /vɑlkˈænɪk rɑk/   Listen
Volcanic rock

noun
1.
Extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth.





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"Volcanic rock" Quotes from Famous Books



... Port-aux-Francais. Adelie Land: The only non-insular district of the TAAF is the Antarctic claim known as "Adelie Land." The US Government does not recognize it as a French dependency. Bassas da India: A French possession since 1897, this atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded by reefs and is awash at high tide. Europa Island: This heavily wooded island has been a French possession since 1897; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station. Glorioso Islands: A French ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... these volcanoes, and specimens of different rocks which, superposed one upon another, constitute their external coat. We are enabled to indicate, by measures sufficiently exact, the height above the level of the ocean, at which we found each group of plants, and each volcanic rock. Our journals furnish us with a series of observations on the humidity, the temperature, the electricity, and the degree of transparency of the air on the brinks of the craters of Pichincha and Jorullo; they also contain topographical plans and geological profiles of these mountains, founded ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America • Alexander von Humboldt


Words linked to "Volcanic rock" :   igneous rock, tuff, lava, dacite, volcanic glass, amygdaloid, tufa, agglomerate, basalt


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