ejectamenta
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It’s possible I am the only reader whose heart will sing at Miller’s fondness for synthetic ejectamenta, but I would happily have read more.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2014
These are evidently the loose volcanic ejectamenta which accompanied former eruptions of lava, and have been arranged by the action of water.
From Geology by Geikie, James
Again, it must be remembered that this estimate takes no account of solid materials otherwise brought into the oceanic deposits; _e.g._, by wind-transported dust from the land or volcanic ejectamenta in the ocean depths.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
At other times, however, the ejectamenta give evidence of having been arranged by the action of water, the materials having been sifted and spread out in more or less regular layers.
From Geology by Geikie, James
In the British Islands, and many other non-volcanic regions, we find besides crystalline igneous rocks, abundant traces of loose ejectamenta, which clearly prove the former presence of volcanoes.
From Geology by Geikie, James
