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Lava

Lava is magma that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or underwater, usually at temperatures from 800 to 1,200 °C (1,470 to 2,190 °F). Lava may be erupted directly onto the land surface or onto the sea floor or…

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Etymology

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Landforms

Lava fountains

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Lava

Nodes207
Edges206
Triples167
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009662
Components1

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Lava

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related to Towns destroyed by lava flows · 23
Lava → Allies, British Columbia, Canada, Garachico, Hawaii, Italy, January, June, Kalapana, Kapoho, Keawaiki, Koae, Kīlauea, Lax Ksiluux, Mount Vesuvius, San Sebastiano, Tenerife, The Nisga'a, Trevejo, Tseax Cone
related to Towns destroyed by tephra · 19
Lava → ADAkrotiri, ADHerculaneum, ADSumbawa Island, BCE, Cerén, El Salvador, Greek, Ilopango, Indonesia, It, Italy, Minoan, Montserrat, Mount Tambora, Mount Vesuvius, Plymouth, Pompeii, Santorini, Tephra
related to External links · 14
Lava → Archived, August, Encyclopædia Britannica, Geographic, HawaiiUSGS, January, Nyiragongo, PāhoehoeUSGS, Retrieved, Ropy PāhoehoeVolcanic, USGS, Vol, Volcano Observatory Volcano Watch, Wayback Machine
related to Hazards · 14
Lava → As, Congo, Deaths, Decade Volcano, Democratic Republic, For, However, January, Nevertheless, Nyiragongo, On, The, This, Zaire
related to Pāhoehoe · 10
Lava → Clarence Dutton, Experiments, Hawaiian, It, Pahoehoe, Pāhoehoe, The, The Hawaiian, These, With
related to Rheology · 9
Lava → As, Earth, Mars, On Earth, Pa, The, Venus, Viscosity, While
related to Temperature · 8
Lava → After, For, Kilauea Iki, Residual, The, Thereafter, This, United States Geological Survey
related to Lava domes and coulées · 7
Lava → As, Examples, Mount St Helens, Novarupta, The, They, Valles Caldera
related to Lava tubes · 7
Lava → Australia, Beneath, Kīlauea, North Queensland, Often, Tertiary, When
related to Etymology · 6
Lava → An, Francesco Serao, Italian, Latin, The, Vesuvius

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flows lavas flow form surface viscosity volcanic ʻaʻā eruption also felsic crust formed eruptions may molten pāhoehoe viscous iron basaltic

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Lavais aBingham fluid0.90text
Lavais alava structure typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or subglacial volcano or a lava flow enters the ocean0.90text
gradual magma subsidenceinstance ofcalderas can also form by non-explosive means0.80text
a hillinstance ofa kīpuka denotes an elevated area0.80text
ridge or old lava dome inside or downslope from an area of active volcanisminstance ofa kīpuka denotes an elevated area0.80text
Lavarelated to BlocksBlock0.60section
Lavarelated to BlocksThey0.60section
Lavarelated to BlocksAs0.60section
Lavarelated to Cinder and spatter conesCinder0.60section
Lavarelated to Cinder and spatter conesSpatter0.60section
Lavarelated to CompositionSolidified0.60section
Lavarelated to CompositionEarth's0.60section

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