Lava Lakes

Some articles on lava lakes, lava lake, lava, lavas:

List of Volcanoes Having Displayed Past or Present Lava Lake Activity
... Volcano Location Persistent or near-persistent lava lakes during recent decades Erta Ale Ethiopia Mount Erebus Antarctica (Ross Island) Kīlauea (two ...
Loki Patera
... It contains an active lava lake, with an episodically overturning crust ... Ionian lava lakes such as Loki Patera are depressions partially filled with molten lava covered by a thin solidified crust ... These lava lakes are directly connected to a magma reservoir lying below ...
Lava Landforms - Lava Lakes
... Rarely, a volcanic cone may fill with lava but not erupt ... Lava which pools within the caldera is known as a lava lake ... Lava lakes do not usually persist for long, either draining back into the magma chamber once pressure is relieved (usually by venting of gases through the ...
Volcanology Of Canada - Eruption Styles and Volcano Formations - Hawaiian Eruptions
... characterized by effusive emission of highly fluid basalt lavas with low gas contents ... The main phenomenons during Hawaiian eruptions is steady lava fountaining and the production of thin lava flows that eventually build up into large, broad ... Lava advances downslope away from their source vents in lava channels and lava tubes ...

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