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The Volcaniclastics

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Sand and Sandstone

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Volcanism is a major source of detritus in island arcs and in the tectonic belts of continents. In ocean basins volcanism is potentially more important; Menard (1964, p. 95) has estimated that in the southwest Pacific in late Mesozoic and Cenozoic time the rate, duration, and effusion of outpouring of lava on the sea floor was comparable to that of plateau basalts on the continents but covered an area a hundred times greater. Verhoogen (1946, p. 746) has roughly estimated a total volume of 3 × 106 km3 of plateau basalts in the geological record. In addition to lava, there are also vast quantities of airborne material, which on the continents appear to far exceed volume of lava. Obviously then, material derived from volcanism, either directly or indirectly, constitutes a most significant class of sandstones, one that cannot be ignored by the sedimentary petrologist.

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    F. J. Pettijohn (Professor of Geology)

  2. University of Cincinnati, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Paul Edwin Potter (Professor of Geology)

  3. Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Raymond Siever (Professor of Geology)

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Pettijohn, F.J., Potter, P.E., Siever, R. (1972). The Volcaniclastics. In: Sand and Sandstone. Springer Study Edition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9974-6_7

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