How Does a Pahoehoe Lava Flow Form and Transition?

Pahoehoe is a lava flow with a smooth, ropy, or hummocky continuous surface. Get types, characteristics, how it forms, and transition to aa.

Lava Flow Forms (U.S. National Park Service)

Zuni-Bandera Field and McCarty's Lava Flow Field

Basaltic lava flow solidifying slowly Stock Photo by ©siimsepp

Zuni-Bandera Field and McCarty's Lava Flow Field

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Lava Types

Cartoon depicting emplacement of pahoehoe flow fields and its

Lava Flow Forms (U.S. National Park Service)

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Lava Flows and Rheology - ScienceDirect

Types of Lava Flows

Lava flows: What to know about a'a and pahoehoe - ABC7 Chicago

Types of Lava Flows