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pahoehoe

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pahoehoe: see lava lava , molten rock that erupts on the earth's surface, either on land or under the ocean, by a volcano or through a fissure. It solidifies into igneous rock that is also called lava.
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pahoehoe [pə′hō·ē‚hō·ē]
(geology)
A type of lava flow whose surface is glassy, smooth, and undulating; the lava is basaltic, glassy, and porous. Also known as ropy lava.


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Byline: ANNE CONSTABLE Dorothea Migliori, the administrator at Temple Beth Shalom, correctly spelled pahoehoe, a Hawaiian word for smooth lava, to win the adult spelling bee Sunday.
1995) of were thickened by flow inflation (flow ballooning) due to repeated flow pulses, like pahoehoe basalts of Kilauea, Hawaii (Dann 2001; Dann and Grove 2007).
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