Tag: Columnar basalt
Why Does Cooling Lava Break into Hexagonal Columns?
Cooling basalt contracts and cracks. A moving fracture front turns a roughly hexagonal network into columns that record how the rock lost heat.
Cooling basalt contracts and cracks. A moving fracture front turns a roughly hexagonal network into columns that record how the rock lost heat.
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