The Formation of Basaltic Lava Flows

1937 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 872-880
Author(s):  
Austin E. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flows ◽  
Basaltic Lava

OCCURRENCE OF NATIVE COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD IN BASALTIC LAVA FLOWS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peishu Li ◽  
◽  
Alan E. Boudreau ◽  
Alan E. Boudreau
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flows ◽  
Basaltic Lava ◽  
Native Copper

The effect of bubbles on the rheology of basaltic lava flows: Insights from large-scale two-phase experiments

2020 ◽  
Vol 548 ◽  
pp. 116504
Author(s):  
A. Soldati ◽  
J.A. Farrell ◽  
C. Sant ◽  
R. Wysocki ◽  
J.A. Karson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Basaltic Lava ◽  
Two Phase

scholarly journals Some physical requirements for the emplacement of long basaltic lava flows

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (B11) ◽  
pp. 27447-27464 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Keszthelyi ◽  
S. Self
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flows ◽  
Basaltic Lava

Do decades of tropical rainfall affect the chemical compositions of basaltic lava flows in Mount Cameroon?

2005 ◽  
Vol 141 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 195-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chauvel ◽  
A.N. Dia ◽  
M. Bulourde ◽  
F. Chabaux ◽  
S. Durand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flows ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Basaltic Lava ◽  
Tropical Rainfall ◽  
Mount Cameroon

The sedimentology, palaeoecology and preservation of the Lower Carboniferous plant deposits at Pettycur, Fife, Scotland

1987 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian M. Rex ◽  
Andrew C. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flows ◽  
Sediment Type ◽  
Basaltic Lava ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Plant Fossils ◽  
History Of ◽  
Volcanic Terrain ◽  
Original Ecology ◽  
Plant Assemblages

AbstractThe Lower Carboniferous (Asbian) sediments and volcanics of the Pettycur region in Fife, Scotland, yield several important anatomically preserved floras including that from the famous ‘Pettycur Limestone’. The plant fossils are preserved as calcareous permineralizations and fusain within limestone blocks which occur at the base of basaltic lava flows or within pyroclastic sequences. The geology and sedimentology of these plant deposits have been investigated, and it is demonstrated that a number of plant-bearing facies can be recognized which reflect different modes of transport, deposition and fossilization. Of these facies the ‘Pettycur Limestone’ is the most well known. The lithology is composed of a distinct assemblage dominated by lycopods and the pteridosperm, Heterangium. Other assemblages include a limestone dominated by zygopterid ferns which are frequently fusainized and the Kingswood Limestone which contains a completely different flora to that at Pettycur, being dominated by pteridosperms, other gymnosperms and the lycopod Oxroadia. Each sediment type is characterized by a distinct mineralization history of the plants reflecting different sites of fossilization.A hypothesis concerning the original ecology of the plant assemblages within the basaltic volcanic terrain is proposed. It is suggested that the Pettycur Limestone represents an established original peat within which the plants were permineralized. The zygopterid ferns occupied sites which were susceptible to wildfire and did not establish long-lived peat-forming communities. The Kingswood flora was established in a region where plants were prone to fire and then subsequently transported into an area of limestone deposition along with unburnt plant fragments. This flora was separated by space and/or time from the Pettycur floras. Lakes developed on lava surfaces and provided sites of fossilization for plant fragments as compressions.

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