Answered: This igneous rock contains flattened pieces of pumice and small crystals of quartz and feldspar. What type of eruption probably formed this rock?

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This igneous rock contains flattened pieces of pumice and small crystals of quartz
and feldspar. What type of eruption probably formed this rock?
@Stephen J. Reynolds
Multiple Choice
O
slow settling of ash from a tall eruption column forming a
nonwelded tuff
eruption of high-viscosity lava in a dome

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