Many volcanoes produce similar types of eruption over millions of years. For example, volcanoes in Iceland, Hawai’i and the Galápagos Islands consistently erupt lava flows – comprised of molten ...

Effusive eruptions involve the outpouring of basaltic lava that flows quite easily and produces little gas. Explosive eruptions contain lava that is thicker and therefore does not flow as easy and ...

The erupting crater may soon collapse, and "if this happens, lava could change direction," the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.

The most common type of lava flow is basaltic, making up around 90 percent of all lava flows on the planet. In these flows, the lava erupts at temperatures of around 1,100 to 1,250°C (2,012 to ...

Eastern Oregon's rugged landscape of volcanic basalt, formed millions of years ago by massive lava flows, has long nurtured fertile soil for farming and ranching. Last month, Day-Stirrat ...

The researchers also found that the lava that made the basalt came from a part of the ... between the two sides of the moon: Giant lava flows called mare basalts cover 30% of the near side but ...