Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134746241
Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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Pillow basalts attain their distinctive blob-like shapes because their parent lavas: O are comparatively lacking in volatiles, so travel slowly fall as pyroclastic bombs are highly felsic, so travel very slowly erupt underwater and cool very quickly are ultramafic, so solidify at very high temperatures
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Transcribed Image Text:Pillow basalts attain their distinctive blob-like shapes because their parent lavas: O are comparatively lacking in volatiles, so travel slowly fall as pyroclastic bombs are highly felsic, so travel very slowly erupt underwater and cool very quickly are ultramafic, so solidify at very high temperatures
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