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

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

The interstratification of loam and volcanic ejectamenta was probably occasioned by the fluviatile mud having gradually enveloped the cones of loose scoriae after they were completely formed.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

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

The terms applied to the varieties of ejectamenta found among modern volcanic accumulations, will be given and explained when we come to consider the nature of geological agencies.

From Geology by Geikie, James