Pahoehoe lava
name: label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
label: Region
content: US-Hawaii
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: Large rectangular sample of brownish-black lava with shiny, grooved striations on one side and matte textured, hardened lava on the opposite side. The cross section of the sample shows two levels of stratigraphy: the one nearest the grooved striations is shiny black, and the second, much thicker layer is a matte dark brown with bubble holes in the lava. This sample was collected from Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, which erupted in December 2001. Pahoehoe lava is distinctive because its flows are very smooth, and consist of thousands of small flow units called toes, giving the lava a rope-like appearance. Pahoehoe flows are associated with low-effusion rate eruptions and slow flow front velocities.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: United States, Hawaii
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Pahoehoe lava
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO402905
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections