The lava field then had an area of 5.8 km.
Perhaps they hadn't been able to get around the lava field.
About an hour's bus ride from town one can walk in the lava fields.
Together these conditions make life on the lava field difficult.
The remains of the species are particularly common in lava fields.
The walk back to the town through the new lava fields is strange.
Alone, she sat at the edge of the lava field.
Two hours, and we stood on the twisted trail, free of the lava field.
The lava field has been extinct for over 300,000 years.
The estimated age of the lava field is 3,900 years.
Formation of the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalts begins 183 million years ago.
However, due to a lack of data on the time required to produce flood basalts, the climatic impact is difficult to quantify.
These are important factors on how flood basalts influenced paleoclimate.
Mantle plumes have been suggested as the source for flood basalts.
However, the largest volumes of basalt on land correspond to continental flood basalts.
He had a particular interest in flood basalts and was regarded as one of the leading experts in this area.
This led to his developing a particular interest in flood basalts, upon which topic he in due course became a world expert.
The rock formation is what's called a flood basalt, thought to be caused by a plume of hot mantle breaking through to the surface.
The first documented eruption in 934 was the largest flood basalt in historic time.
Fissure vents can cause large flood basalts and lava channels.