Occasionally, lava will flow back into the ground by pouring into a crack or an open eruptive fissure, a process called drainback; sometimes lava will flow back into the same fissure from which it ...

Most of Hawaii’s lava tubes are formed by a type of syrupy flow called pahoehoe. As it pours down the volcano, the lava at the surface is cooled by the air and solidifies, creating an elastic ...

As a result, felsic magma contains the highest percentage of silica, as well as having the highest viscosity and presence of gas. The lava in high silica concentration is thick and viscous, unable to ...

In the presence of cool air, the lava rapidly ... and magma flow rate are affected. Temperature, pressure, water content, and mineral concentration all play an important part in the formation of magma ...

Its lava flows have quite literally been erupting in people's backyards, but thankfully only one serious injury has been reported - a man hit by projectile molten rock as he sat on his balcony.

Recent lava flows spotted on Venus suggest the planet could be much more geologically active than first thought, possibly as active as Earth. The geological processes producing these flows ...

Witnesses and monitoring teams from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported that the lava flows were confined within Napau Crater, covering about 25-30 per cent of its floor by 8:30 am.

More than 20,000 people have reportedly had their hot water supply disrupted after lava burst key water pipes in Iceland. Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management said it ...

For the first time in almost 5,000 years, people in Reykjavik can experience lava flows in the heart of the city thanks to a new show that’s proving a massive hit with visitors. While the 2021 ...

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