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Pahoehoe - What does it mean?

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pahoehoe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
  • * 1859 , R. C. Haskell, American journal of science and arts , series XXVIII:
    • We [...] saw ‘pahoihoi ’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 44:
    • The twisty, ropy kind that personifies flow – all congealed motion – is called pahoehoe .

    See also

    * aa ----

    Not English

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