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Title: Pillow basalt
Author: Véronique Robigou
Category: GEO
Data Source: TN 183-184
File Size: 184 kb
File Type: Image (JPG or GIF)
Date Catalogued:
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Pillow basalts are the major rock formation on the seafloor. They form when viscous lava oozes out of fissures and cools rapidly in contact with the cold seawater.