pillow-lava

  • 1Pillow lava — à Hawaii (NOAA) Pillow lava au Chenaillet ( …

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  • 2pillow-lava — ● pillow lava, pillow lavas nom féminin (anglais pillow, coussin, et lava, lave) Ellipsoïde de lave généralement basaltique, de grand axe environ 1 m, à surface vitreuse, résultant de l émission de lave en fusion sous la mer. ● pillow lava,… …

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  • 3Pillow Lava — lava solidified underwater assuming pillowlike shapes …

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  • 4pillow lava — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY Interconnected, sack like bodies of lava formed underwater. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A type of submarine lava flow consisting of interconnected, elongated lava tubes. Cross sections of individual lava tubes… …

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  • 5pillow lava —    A general term for lava displaying pillow structure (discontinuous, close fitting, bun shaped or ellipsoidal masses, generally < 1 m in diameter); considered to have formed in a subaqueous environment; such lava is usually basaltic or… …

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  • 6Pillow-Lava — Kissenlava (NOAA) Kissenlava, OIB ocean island basalt, Caldera de Taburiente …

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  • 7pillow lava — Geol. lava in the form of an agglomeration of rounded, pillow shaped masses, the result of subaqueous or subglacial volcanic eruption. [1900 05] * * * …

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  • 8pillow lava — /ˈpɪloʊ lavə/ (say piloh lahvuh) noun lava which has cooled into a mass of rounded pillow like shapes with a fine grained surface, thought to result from sudden cooling under water …

  • 9pillow lava — noun The rock type typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or a lava flow enters the ocean …

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  • 10pillow lava — noun lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows; believed to result from underwater eruptions • Hypernyms: ↑lava …

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