Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Pillow Lavas in the Welsh Mountains
If lava flows from a volcanic vent under seawater the margins of the rock cool quickly and form great pillows of basalt. The underwater photo is from the internet, but the other is an example we found in an exposure of very ancient rock near the Cregennen lakes in North Wales last Saturday.
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