pillow lava
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Noun
[edit]pillow lava (countable and uncountable, plural pillow lavas)
- (geology, uncountable) The rock type, resembling pillows, typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or a lava flow enters the ocean.
- (geology, countable) A rock of that type.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 45:
- Ancient pillow lavas are easily recognisable. I first saw them underneath a lighthouse on the coast near Fishguard in western Wales […]
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[edit]rock type
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