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vol•can•ism

Pronunciation: (vol'ku-niz"um), [key]
—n. Geol.
the phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity. Also,vulcanism.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

volcanic tuff

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