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• Tuff — (from the Italian tufo ) is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff should not be confused with tufa , another type of rock. Volcanic ashThe products of a volcanic eruption are… …   Wikipedia

• Tuff — Tuff, lockerer Absatz aus Wasser (wie Kalktuff, Kieseltuff, Kreidetuff), ferner ursprünglich in Form von Asche, Sand oder Lapilli ausgestoßenes und unter dem Einfluß des Windes oder des Wassers mehr oder weniger geschichtetes, zuweilen auch… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• tuff — noun /tʌf/ A rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel. See Also: tufflava …   Wiktionary

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• Geology of the Grand Teton area — The geology of the Grand Teton area consists of some of the oldest rocks and one of the youngest mountain ranges in North America. The Teton Range, mostly located in Grand Teton National Park, started to grow some 9 million years ago. An older… …   Wikipedia

• Slave craton — which is one of the oldest dated rock units on Earth at 4.03 Ga. The crust of the Slave craton is thought to have amalgamated during a 2.69 Ga collision between a proto Slave western basement complex, known as the Central Slave Basement Complex,… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian …   Wikipedia

• Vulkanische Asche — unter dem Mikroskop Ausbreitung von isländischer Vulkanasche einer Eruption aus dem Jah …   Deutsch Wikipedia