Citations:lavafall

English citations of lavafall

Noun: "a cascade of lava"

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• 1955 — R. W. Van Bemmelen & M. G. Rutten, Tablemountains of Northern Iceland, page 44:

  The lava patches in the valley are remnants of a lavafall, indicating a former postglacial eruption on the topplateau, which overflowed both sides of the mountain.

• 1956 — All About Hawaii, Volumes 81-84, page 262:

  Activity began in Halemaumau and on the floor of Kilauea Caldera May 31 and lasted four days. It featured a 300-foot lavafall, a 650-foot fountain and half-mile long row of 100-foot fountains outside Halemaumau.

• 1976 — T. D. Ford & C. H. D. Cullingford, The Science of Speleology, Academic Press (1976), page 140:

  The smallest tube type was generally found above lavafalls in the extremities of the cave and had a form consisting of a flat floor and an arched roof.

• 1989 — Peter W. Birkeland & Edwin E. Larson, Putnam's Geology, Oxford University Press (1989), →ISBN, page 254:

  They may flow down river beds with velocities approaching those of the rivers; where there are sharp irregularities, the lavas plunge over them in lavafalls.

• 1995 — Bart Davis, Voyage of the Storm, Simon & Schuster (1995), →ISBN, page 340:

  A lavafall, more accurately. He was under a lava flow. It was a sight no volcanologist had ever seen before.

• 2000 — Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 133, Part 2, page 14:

  […] the breakout of tube-fed liquid lava beyond a stagnated flow and evidence of lavafall erosion.

• 2004 — Alan Dean Foster, The Chronicles of Riddick, Del Ray (2004), →ISBN, page 198:

  The area around the base of the lavafall was exactly where one might expect to encounter such problems.

• 2006 — Matthew Reilly, Seven Deadly Wonders, Simon & Schuster (2006), →ISBN, page 67:

  The lavafall barring the doorway dries up.

• 2008 — Rosaly M. C. Lopes & Michael W. Carroll, Alien Volcanoes, John Hopkins University Press (2008), →ISBN, page 37:

  The scene portrayed an immense volcano birthing a Yosemite-esque lavafall.

• 2011 — D. A. Huber, The Prince and Princesses of Cornucopia, Xlibris (2011), →ISBN, page 84:

  To the left was the source of the churning thunder—a huge "lavafall" crashed into a pool of lava far below.

• 2011 — Lego Ninjago: Official Guide, Scholastic (2011), →ISBN, page 88:

  Glowing hot rivers of lava bisect the landscape, leading to a stunning lavafall.

• 2012 — Encyclopedia of Caves (ed. William B. White & David C. Culver), Academic Press (2012), →ISBN, page 442 (photo caption):

  With increased turbulence in steeper slopes, the lava flow in Kazumura Cave cut back into the substrate, creating lavafalls and plunge pools.