Information About

Ejecta





# juvenile particles - (fragmented Magma and free crystals)
# cognate or accessory particles - older volcanic rocks from the same Volcano
# accidental particles - derived from the volcanic basement.




In Planetary Geology , ejecta can also refer to the debris that is ejected during the formation of an Impact Crater .

In Astrophysics the term can refer to material expelled in a stellar explosion, like that described in [http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~samar/G21/g21.pdf The Plerionic Supernova Remnant G21.5-0.9: In and Out] or (a detection by) The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/asca2.html