pillow hyaloclastite

pillow hyaloclastite
GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS
Hyaloclastite deposits immediately surrounding, and intimately associated with, pillow lavas.

Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. . 2001.

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