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Definition of pillow lava in English: pillow lavanoun mass nounLava which has solidified as rounded masses, characteristic of eruption under water. count noun pillow lavas can now be seen along the once volcanic coast of Green Gardens Example sentencesExamples - Below water this has cooled and solidified into a reef of billowing pillow lava that splurges across the sand, leaving deep undercuts, caves and arches.
- The upper flow unit is well exposed in the Prospect Park quarry and is made up of three types of lava flow structures: massive, columnar basalt, subaqueous, pahoehoe flow lobes, and bedded pillow lava.
- The ophiolitic rocks comprise a complete ophiolite stratigraphy: i.e. ultramafic cumulates, gabbro, sheeted dykes, pillow lava and local chert and limestone.
- Three pillow lava sites yielded data with westerly declinations and moderately inclined positive inclinations.
- The group includes melange which consists of greywacke, limestone, pillow lava, gabbro and serpentenite blocks in a black shale matrix.
Definition of pillow lava in US English: pillow lavanounˈpilō ˈlävə Lava which has solidified as rounded masses, characteristic of eruption under water. count noun pillow lavas can now be seen along the once volcanic coast of Green Gardens Example sentencesExamples - The group includes melange which consists of greywacke, limestone, pillow lava, gabbro and serpentenite blocks in a black shale matrix.
- Three pillow lava sites yielded data with westerly declinations and moderately inclined positive inclinations.
- Below water this has cooled and solidified into a reef of billowing pillow lava that splurges across the sand, leaving deep undercuts, caves and arches.
- The upper flow unit is well exposed in the Prospect Park quarry and is made up of three types of lava flow structures: massive, columnar basalt, subaqueous, pahoehoe flow lobes, and bedded pillow lava.
- The ophiolitic rocks comprise a complete ophiolite stratigraphy: i.e. ultramafic cumulates, gabbro, sheeted dykes, pillow lava and local chert and limestone.
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