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Description: A geologist next to a tree trunk that was buried by ash-fall deposits from the Bridge River eruption of the Mount Meager massif about 2350 years ago, and then overrun by a pyroclastic flow. Its deposit has an unwelded base and a darker, more massive welded layer seen at the top of this photo.
Title: Meager ash-fall and pyroclastic flow deposits
Credit: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1200-18-&volpage=photos&photo=027003
Author: Willie Scott
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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