Volcanic breccia (volcanic breccia)

Japanese: 火山角レキ岩(火山角礫岩) - かざんかくれきがん(英語表記)volcanic breccia
Volcanic breccia (volcanic breccia)
This refers to rocks in which small amounts of fine volcanic rock fragments and volcanic ash fill the gaps between coarse volcanic rock fragments. It is the coarsest of pyroclastic rocks. Recently, the definition of RV Fisher (1966), which states that volcanic blocks of 64 mm or more make up at least 2/3 of the total, has begun to be used, but the definition of CK Wentworth and H. Williams (1932), which sets the limit at 32 mm in diameter, was used in the past. Volcanic blocks in volcanic breccias can be cooled red-hot magma newly released by eruption, or parts of existing volcanic bodies that were destroyed and released by explosion.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
粗粒の火山岩の破片の間を,少量の細粒の火山岩片や火山灰が埋めている岩石をいう。火山砕屑岩のなかでは最も粗粒なもの。最近は直径64mm以上の火山岩塊が全体の2/3以上あるものとするフィッシャーR.V.Fisherの定義(1966)が使われ始めたが,従来は直径32mmを境界とするウェントワースC.K.WentworthとウィリアムズH.Williamsの定義(1932)が使われていた。火山角レキ岩のなかの火山岩塊は,噴火により新たに放出された赤熱のマグマの冷却したものでも,爆発により破壊され放出された既存の火山体の一部でもかまわない。

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