Lava flows erupted at Newberry cover an area larger than Rhode Island. ... when explosive eruption of basaltic andesite to rhyolite created the current 3.7 by 5 miles caldera.

Lava flows are masses of magma that pour onto the Earth's surface during an effusive eruption; they include both moving lava and the resulting solidified deposits. Lava flows come in a great ...

Lava flow channels: Like water, low viscosity lava like basalt or basaltic andesite will form channels-- however, unlike water, many times the channels are formed by building up the banks of the ...

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 ...

But the lava may flow over it, as it did when something similar was attempted in Kapoho town in 1960. Rapidly moving lava flows, like those from Kilauea volcano in 2018 , would be more difficult ...

As the world’s largest active volcano spews molten rock in Hawaii, the lava flow is inching closer to a major highway that serves as the shortest route between east and west sides of the Big Island.

As the world’s largest active volcano spews molten rock in Hawaii, the lava flow is inching closer to a major highway that serves as the shortest route between east and west sides of the Big Island.