Disclosing the temperature of columnar jointing in lavas

Columnar joints in lavas form during cooling, but the temperature this occurs at is unclear. Here, the authors perform thermo-mechanical experiments on basaltic rocks to examine the temperature of columnar joints in lavas and find that failure occurs at 890–840 °C, which is below the solidus tempera...

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Main Authors: Anthony Lamur, Yan Lavallée, Fiona E. Iddon, Adrian J. Hornby, Jackie E. Kendrick, Felix W. von Aulock, Fabian B. Wadsworth
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7f6977ed7052462797dc4b572f2d4e29
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