Very commonly, lava tubes are floored with a rough, bumpy, frothy surface that is transitional between a smooth, ropy pahoehoe lava (common on tube floors) and pure a`a lava (which is unusual on tube floors). It may include chunks of breakdown and broken pieces of stalactites. The cauliflower form is a solid floor, whereas floors with loose fragments of rough lava (as opposed to breakdown) are called clinker floors. |
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Created: August 4, 2000
Author: Dave Bunnell |