112313.2 Pillow Lava (1st attempt) from ben 23 Watch Video
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Description: Lava Flow 112313.2n11/23/13 Mix of 65% Keweenawan basalt and 35% Palisades Sill diabase; T=1200°C, slope 20° in a 900 gallon water tank. nnThe lava was poured through a steel trough and on to a steel mesh ramp into this large tank of water in an attempt to make pillow lavas, similar to those that form on mid-ocean ridges and beneath glaciers. Prof. Ben Edwards (Dickinson College: research foci are glaciovolcanism (interactions between volcanoes and ice, including the formation of pillow lava a
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