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Pillow lava on the ocean floor of Hawaii

Pillow lavas are lavas that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava underwater, or subaqueous extrusion. Pillow lavas in volcanic rock are characterized by thick sequences of discontinuous pillow-shaped masses, commonly up to one meter in diameter. They form the upper part of Layer 2 of normal oceanic crust.

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Pillow lava

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Pillow lavas are lavas that contain characteristic pillow-shaped structures that are attributed to the extrusion of the lava underwater, or subaqueous...

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Lava

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Underwater, they can form pillow lavas, which are rather similar to entrail-type pahoehoe lavas on land. Ultramafic lavas, such as komatiite and highly...

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Lava field

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the lava flow can be classified as pāhoehoe or 'a'ā. The two main types of lava field structures are defined as sheet flow lava and pillow lava. Sheet...

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Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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pillow lava that comprises Tennena Cone. A meltwater channel thawed from the base of the cone provided the pathway for a thin lava flow. As the lava flow...

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Types of volcanic eruptions

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average every 2 to 3 years. The most common underwater flow is pillow lava, a rounded lava flow named for its unusual shape. Less common are glassy, marginal...

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Basalt

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the surface and the lava forms a distinctive pillow shape, through which the hot lava breaks to form another pillow. This "pillow" texture is very common...

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Submarine volcano

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solid crust forms around the lava. Advancing lava flows into this crust, forming what is known as pillow lava. Below ocean depths of about 2,200 metres (7...

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Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes

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the volcano underwater, the form of lava typically erupted is pillow lava. Pillow lava is rounded balls of lava that was given very little time to cool...

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Seamount

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an important part of seamount growth. The most common type of flow is pillow lava, named so after its distinctive shape. Less common are sheet flows, which...

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Ophiolite

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Extrusive sequence: basaltic pillow lavas show magma/seawater contact. Sheeted dike complex: vertical, parallel dikes that fed lavas above. High level intrusives:...

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Greenstone belt

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greenstone belts around the world. He noted the existence of pillow lavas, indicating a lava being rapidly cooled in water, as well as the spinifex textures...

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Volcano

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volcanic gases. Pillow lava is a common eruptive product of submarine volcanoes and is characterized by thick sequences of discontinuous pillow-shaped masses...

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Volcanic glass

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D.B. (February 2009). "Cooling rates of basaltic hyaloclastites and pillow lava glasses from the HSDP2 drill core". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta....

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Variolite

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such as basalt, komatiite, and tachylite, that comprise either pillow lavas, subaerial lava flows, or volcanic dykes. Typically, they are less resistant...

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Troodos Ophiolite

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are the Lower Pillow Lavas, controversially separated from the Upper Pillow Lavas. Filling spaces in between the pillows in the pillow lava units are dispersed...

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Chitradurga

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Tumkur, Bijapur, Belgaum by road and through railways. What is known as "Pillow Lava" near the village of Maradihalli, Chitradurga District, Karnataka, has...

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Flood basalt

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lava. Because the lavas are low in dissolved gases, pyroclastic rock is extremely rare. Except where the flows entered lakes and became pillow lava,...

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Lithology

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(1992-08-01). "Walker, G.P.L. 1992. Morphometric study of pillow-size spectrum among pillow lavas". Bulletin of Volcanology. 54 (6): 459–474. Bibcode:1992BVol...

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Volcanism of Canada

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characterized by many types of volcanic landform, including lava flows, volcanic plateaus, lava domes, cinder cones, stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, submarine...

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Subglacial volcano

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the heat of the lava from the subglacial volcano melts the overlying ice. The water quickly cools the lava, resulting in pillow lava shapes similar to...

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Kendujhar district

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promotion and enhancement of geotourism. Pillow Lava, Iron ore belt of Nomira is an exposure of ellipsoidal pillow lava of a maximum thickness of 2m x 0.6m...

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Special Region of Yogyakarta

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consist of nine sites: Eocene limestone in Gamping (Sleman Regency), pillow lava in Berbah (Sleman), pre-historic volcanic sediment in Candi Ijo, Prambanan...

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Tenerife

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produced pillow lava, which are produced by the rapid cooling of the magma when it comes in contact with water, obtaining their peculiar shape. This pillow-lava...

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Hiriyur

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the water needs of the otherwise mostly dry district of Chitradurga. Pillow lava rocks at Mardihalli village near Hiriyur has been declared as the National...

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Oceanic crust

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the tectonic plates. It is composed of the upper oceanic crust, with pillow lavas and a dike complex, and the lower oceanic crust, composed of troctolite...

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Mount Takahe

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were emplaced underneath ice or water and feature hyaloclastite and pillow lavas. These units rise to about 350–400 metres (1,150–1,310 ft) above the...

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Precambrian

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Weathered Precambrian pillow lava in the Temagami Greenstone Belt of the Canadian Shield...

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