GMPV
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Gabriela Bunga Naen

Gabriela Bunga Naen is PhD student at Volcanology and Petrology Laboratory, Kyushu University, Japan. Her current work focuses on the detailed characteristics of the Youngest Toba Tuff deposit to reveal the dynamic processes in the volcanic conduit and chamber related to the YTT eruption (74 ka).

Ask us (almost) anything: how is tuff formed?

Ask us (almost) anything: how is tuff formed?

Tarun Goswami, an archaeologist from India, asks: How is a tuff formed? and more specifically… Why do some deposits have more ash than others? We are paraphrasing – the questions are specifically about the tuffs formed in the Toba supereruption. So… you asked, we answer! First of all, modern definitions generally describe a tuff as a volcaniclastic rock composed of solid volcanic ...[Read More]