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pahoehoe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lava |
Examples of pahoehoe
pahoehoe
A'a lava flows are denser and more viscous then pahoehoe, but tend to move slower.
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Pahoehoe lava is a relatively smooth lava flow that can be billowy or ropey.
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Lava tubes usually form in pahoehoe lava flows, though exceptions exist.
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When pahoehoe lava enters the sea it usually forms pillow basalts.
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This has subsequently moved to a typical pahoehoe type behaviour.
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In a very literal way, one need simply walk across the a'a and pahoehoe lava to witness such a genesis.
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Long, thin basalt flows with pahoehoe surfaces are common.
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Lava tubes are common features of pahoehoe eruptions.
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On Earth, lava coils can be found on the Big Island of Hawaii, mainly on the surface of ropey pahoehoe lava flows.
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- Freely flowing lava
- Lava is the molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. The resulting rock after solidification and cooling is also called lava. The molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. The source of the heat that melts the rock within the earth is geothermal energy...
- A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa
- A Hawaiian term for lava with a smooth, billowy, or ropy surface.
- A type of lava in which the surface was relatively fluid and so formed smooth or porridge-like surfaces. Variants include wrinkled or 'ropy' surfaces, like flowing pitch, and surfaces with small rounded knobs.
- A type of basalt lava flow characterized by a smooth glassy skin, and constructed of innumerable "flow units" called "toes"; pahoehoe flows advance at rates of 1 to 10 meters (3 to 33 feet) hour and are associated with low-effusion-rate eruptions with little to no fountaining.
- Hawaiian term for lava having a ropey surface structure.
- A type of lava having a glassy, smooth, and billowy or undulating surface; it is characteristic of Hawaiian lava.
- Ropy lava (left), not to be confused with Aa which is chunky lava (below).
