lava flow

lava flow
ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY
An outpouring of lava onto the land surface from a vent or fissure. Also, a solidified tongue like or sheet-like body formed by outpouring lava.
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GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS
An outpouring of lava from a vent or fissure that spreads along the ground surface, as well as the crystallized rock resulting from solidification of the outpouring (Peterson and Tilling, 2000, p. 957).
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USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS
Lava flows are masses of molten rock that pour onto the Earth's surface during an effusive eruption. Both moving lava and the resulting solidified deposit are referred to as lava flows. Because of the wide range in (1) viscosity of the different lava types (basalt, andesite, dacite, and rhyolite); (2) lava discharge during eruptions; and (3) characteristics of the erupting vent and topography over which lava travels, lava flows come in a great variety of shapes and sizes.
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Photograph by J.D. Griggs on 30 March 1984.
Aerial view of a channelized `a`a flow on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai`i.

Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. . 2001.

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