Lava deltas, similar to river deltas, form wherever sufficient sub-aerial flows of lava enter standing bodies of water. The lava cools and breaks up as...
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Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface...
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Möll Spur and Stauffer Bluff, are "hydrovolcanic deltas" comparable to lava deltas which formed when lava flows or parasitic vents entered the ice, generating...
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Before an eruption in 2001, which continued for several years and formed a lava delta on the northern coast, Mount Belinda was not known to have been active...
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fill the bay, building a lava delta that reached about 700 yards into the water by late afternoon on June 4. By June 5, the lava had completely filled the...
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supratidal talus at the foot of coastal cliffs, caused by landslides or lava flows. Although relatively common world-wide, they are distinctive features...
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Eldfell (section Lava-cooling operations)
nearly to the tropopause". Lava flows from the cone traveled north and east to produce a "continuously expanding lava delta" along the east coast of the...
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emergency subsidies and other support measures. The lava flow into the sea created a new lava delta, or fajana. As of 30 September 2021[update], this was...
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flat-topped, steep-sided volcano formed when lava erupts through a thick glacier or ice sheet. In lava deltas, hyaloclastites form the main constituent of...
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homes were destroyed by the lava on June 4, but the majority were still standing. By June 5, the lava flow had built a lava delta that extended nearly 3,700...
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coast to the interior, and is characterized by its high fajã and massive lava delta along the northern coast (equally divided between Prainha and São Roque)...
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and, above all, the port of Garachico, which was completely covered. Seven lava flows descended the hillside, devastating and burying a large part of the...
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cinder cones and associated lava flows, which overflowed many of the cliffs, cut in older units and originated lava deltas (Portuguese: fajãs). The tectonic...
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westward flow of lava from the Llano del Banco vents reached the coast at Puerto de Naos and entered the Atlantic Ocean, forming a lava delta, the velocity...
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Lava Beds National Monument is located in northeastern California, in Siskiyou and Modoc counties. The monument lies on the northeastern flank of Medicine...
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Surtseyan tuff cones and Strombolian cinder cones, as well as lava deltas and overlying subaerial lava flows. The dominating feature of the James Ross Island...
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created by a 600 m (2,000 ft) thick superposition of alternated Pāhoehoe lava flows and thin layers (10%) of pyroclastic material. Its land area is approximately...
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volcanic lava Lava field, also known as lava plain – Large, mostly flat area of lava flows Lava lake – Molten lava contained in a volcanic crater Lava spine –...
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produced a lava flow that travelled about 10 km, reaching the sea north of Acireale; the villages of Santa Tecla and Stazzo are built on the broad delta built...
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pushes through the water and ice to build up tephra and/or lava layers on top as well as lava deltas at its slopes. It also built up a meltwater lake that...
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Puna, Hawaii (section Recent lava activity)
in the Islands to grow the crop. The Puna District is subject to frequent lava eruptions and flows, which include the complete destruction of the community...
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Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park (Nisga'a: Anhluut'ukwsim Lax̲mihl Angwinga'asankswhl Nisg̲a'a) is a provincial park in the Nass River valley...
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approximately 100m in height and most settlements are located along the lava deltas, such as the Fajã das Velas, Fajã da Queimada, Fajã Grande and Fajã da...
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Mount Adams (Washington) (redirect from Team delta)
about 600 feet (180 m) higher on the gently sloping north side. A small lava and scoria cone marks the highest point. Suksdorf Ridge is a long buttress...
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processes. By extension, the term also applies to fluids other than water, e.g., lava channels. The term is also traditionally used to describe the waterless surface...
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cones reach heights of 200 to 300 metres (660 to 980 ft) and are sources of lava flows outside of the caldera, especially in the Sorpresa Sur valley. There...
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Delta Meadows River Park (DMRP) is a state park property of California, United States, preserving an undeveloped piece of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River...
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Intermontane Plateaus (section Lava plains)
Some of the high plateaus in the north are capped with remnants of heavy lava flows of early eruption. A group of large volcanoes occurs on the limestone...
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Irrawaddy River (redirect from Irrawaddy River and Delta)
south, except near Kabwet, where a sheet of lava has caused the river to bend sharply westward. This sheet of lava is the Singu Plateau, a volcanic field from...
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wordpress.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25. "VOLCANO WATCH: NOAA Ship Surveys New Lava Deltas Off Puna". www.bigislandvideonews.com. Retrieved 2021-08-18. "Loss Of...
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