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co-ignimbrite en · NOUN

Etymology

From co- + ignimbrite.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of coignimbrite.
    • The trachytic-phonolitic Campanian Ignimbrite eruption, the largest eruption of the last 200 ka in Europe, erupted from the Phlegrean Fields on the Bay of Naples (Italy) ~39,300 years ago. Geological evidence suggests that the eruption had two main phases; beginning with a sustained Plinian phase followed by a secondary co-ignimbrite phase. 2016 February, Alejandro Marti, Arnau Folch, Antonio Costa, Samantha Engwell, “Reconstructing the plinian and co-ignimbrite sources of large volcanic eruptions: A novel approach for the Campanian Ignimbrite”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, number 1, Nature Portfolio, →DOI, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2025: