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coignimbrite

coignimbrite adjective: deposited at the same time or from the same volcanic eruption as an ignimbrite or ash-flow tuff from a pyroclastic density current or caldera-forming eruption, as with ash or volcanic lag breccia.

Adjective

coignimbrite (not comparable)

  1. Deposited at the same time or from the same volcanic eruption as an ignimbrite or ash-flow tuff from a pyroclastic density current or caldera-forming eruption, as with ash or volcanic lag breccia.

Forms of coignimbrite

alternative formco-ignimbrite

Origin of coignimbrite

co- + ignimbrite

Questions about coignimbrite

What does coignimbrite mean?
Coignimbrite means deposited at the same time or from the same volcanic eruption as an ignimbrite or ash-flow tuff from a pyroclastic density current or caldera-forming eruption, as with ash or volcanic lag breccia.
What part of speech is coignimbrite?
Coignimbrite is an adjective.

Words near coignimbrite in the dictionary

  1. coigne
  2. coigne of vantage
  3. coigned
  4. coignes
  5. coignes of vantage
  6. coignimbrite
  7. coigning
  8. coigns
  9. coigns of vantage
  10. coigue
  11. coigues

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