Bilingual glossary of geology

Type of igneous texture characterizing volcanic rocks containing abundant cavities (vesicles) formed by the entrapment and escape of gases during cooling of lava.

Themes:
  Igneous rocks

Related words:
  Aphanitic
  Vitreous (Texture; syn.: Glassy)
  Texture
  Porphyritic
  Pegmatitic
  Phaneritic
  Pyroclastic
  Extrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Volcanic)