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Both pillow lava and pahoehoe lava have about the same composition and harden into a kind of rock called basalt.
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Is pumice pahoehoe or AA?
pahoehoe is smooth and rope like sufaces. Aa is sharp and jaged last pillow lava is pressure billds up in side the lava untill it craks then it pours out forming yet another pillow on the last one.
Does mt st Helens have pahoehoe or AA lava?
Niether. Pahoehoe and a'a are both varieties of basaltic lava. The material from Pinatobo is of a dacitic composition, which is much more viscous than a'a or pahoehoe. It tends to erupt explosively, producing ash and pumice rather than lava flows. When dacitic lava does flow it creates a block lava flow.
Is pahoehoe a type of lava?
No. Mount St Helens would produce block lava flows rather than pahhoehoe or a'a because of the high silica content. Currently there are no lava flows on that volcano but there is a lava dome made primarily of dacite.
What is the difference between lava flow lava fountains and lava tubes?
A lava flow is basically a stream of lava on the surface. A lava tube is an underground cave through which lava flows downhill. A lava fountain is lava shooting into the air out of a volcano in much the same manner as a water fountain.
Is lava and magma the same?
Magma and lava are like each other but magma is below the Earth and lava reaches the Earth's surface.
What is the the lava that flows slowly to form a glassy surface with rounded wrinkles?
Pahoehoe or pillow lava - same thing
Is pumice pahoehoe or AA?
pahoehoe is smooth and rope like sufaces. Aa is sharp and jaged last pillow lava is pressure billds up in side the lava untill it craks then it pours out forming yet another pillow on the last one.
What is Pahoehoe used for?
Pahoehoe lava forms by small pieces of lava from an irregular flow. It is typical in certain types of volcanoes such as shield volcanoes.
Does mt st Helens have pahoehoe or AA lava?
Niether. Pahoehoe and a'a are both varieties of basaltic lava. The material from Pinatobo is of a dacitic composition, which is much more viscous than a'a or pahoehoe. It tends to erupt explosively, producing ash and pumice rather than lava flows. When dacitic lava does flow it creates a block lava flow.
Is pahoehoe a type of lava?
No. Mount St Helens would produce block lava flows rather than pahhoehoe or a'a because of the high silica content. Currently there are no lava flows on that volcano but there is a lava dome made primarily of dacite.
What is the difference between lava flow lava fountains and lava tubes?
A lava flow is basically a stream of lava on the surface. A lava tube is an underground cave through which lava flows downhill. A lava fountain is lava shooting into the air out of a volcano in much the same manner as a water fountain.
What is Mars lava color?
Lava om Mars is the same color as on Earth.
What creature in minecraft live in lava?
No creatures live in lava, lava damages all mobs in the same way as normal people.
Is lava and magma the same?
Magma and lava are like each other but magma is below the Earth and lava reaches the Earth's surface.
What is the lava in mid oceanic volcanoes made of?
All lava is the same- molten(liquid) rock
Are fire and lava almost the same temperature?
No lava is not liquid fire. Lava rock that has been heated to the point of melting. In other words, lava is to rock as water is to ice. Fire is a chemical reaction between some flammable substance and oxygen.
Is molten rock and lava flow the same thing?
Not exactly. Molten rock is called either magma or lava depending on whether it is underground or above ground. When lava flows on the surface like a river or flood it is called a lava flows, but lava is not always flowing downhill. Sometimes it can collect in a pool called a lava lake, or be flung into the air in a lava fountain.
