volcanic bombs
Airborne molten projectiles
Volcanic bombs are masses of molten rock ejected during an eruption that solidify in flight, typically larger than a fist.
Their shapes—spindle, ribbon, bread-crust—result from rotation and cooling as they travel through the air.
Distinguished from smaller volcanic debris like ash and lapilli by their size, bombs can travel considerable distances before impact: Volcanic bombs the size of refrigerators littered the mountainside.
- pyroclastEjected volcanic rock fragment
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- ejectaMaterial forcibly discharged
- scoriaPorous volcanic ejecta
- meltsChanges to liquid state
molten rock · tephra · magmas · explosive · explosive eruption · ashes · ash cloud · lavas · ballistic trajectory · eruption · pumice · igneous rock · lahar · hazard · cinder cone · caldera · magma chamber · volcanology
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- volcaniclava, magma, tephra, pumice, scoria
- Volcanic Eruptionspyroclastic flow, tephra, ash cloud, ash plume, ash fallout
- volcanic rocksbasalt, rhyolite, andesite, pumice, obsidian
- tephrapumice, scoria, cinders, ash fall, cinder
- gemstone formationcrystallization, heat, pressure, metamorphism, contact metamorphism
volcanic bombsvolcanic ash
Fragmented rock from eruptions
volcanic dust · lava flows · volcanic gas · pyroclastic flows
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