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
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
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
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