volcanic tuff
61Pajarito Plateau — The Pajarito Plateau is a volcanic plateau in north central New Mexico, United States. The plateau, part of the Jemez Mountains, is bounded on the west by the Valles Caldera and on the east by the White Rock Canyon of the Rio Grande. The plateau… …
62Herculaneum — Infobox World Heritage Site Name = Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata infoboxwidth= 250px State Party = ITA Type = Cultural Criteria = iii, iv, v ID = 829 Region = Europe and North America Year = 1997 Session =… …
63Orvieto — For the wine, see Orvieto (wine). Orvieto   Comune   Città di Orvieto …
64Maungataketake — A kauri log (100s of thousands of years old) erodes from the peat that lies beneath layers of volcanic tuff from Maungataketake volcano, at the Ihumatao fossil forest. Maungataketake (also Ellett s Mount,) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland… …
65Principal national parks of the world — ▪ Table Principal national parks of the world Africa Europe and Russia Asia North America and the Caribbean Australia and Oceania South America Africa country national park date area description protected status national park status square miles… …
66pozzolana — /pot seuh lah neuh/; It. /pawt tsaw lah nah/, n. a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement. Also, pozzolan /pot seuh leuhn/, pozzuolana /pot sweuh lah neuh/; It. /pawt tswaw lah nah/, puzzolan, puzzolana. [1905 10;… …
67pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …
68Hungarian wine — The 22 wine regions of Hungary: 1 Sopron, 2 Nagy Somló, 3 Zala, 4 Balatonfelvidék, 5 Badacsony, 6 Balatonfüred Csopak, 7 Balatonboglár, 8 Pannonhalma, 9 Mór, 10 Etyek Buda, 11 Ászár Neszmély, 12 Tolna, 13 Szekszárd, 14 Pécs, 15 Villány, 16 Hajós… …
69Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …
70trap-tufa — n.; (also trap tuff) (Geol.) Volcanic tuff, volcanic grit …
