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The flow of basalt lava from air into water – its structural expression and stratigraphic significance

1970; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 107; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0016756800054649

1469-5081

J. G. Jones, P. H. Nelson,

Landslides and related hazards

Summary When basalt lava flows from air into water it leaves a distinctive record of the waterlevel of the time in the form of lava sheets overlying and passing down into vitric breccia and/or pillow lava. Relative movements of waterlevel and a volcanic pile or terrain over a period of time may be readily deciphered from such records.