Pillow Basalts (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Pillow Basalts

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Magma from undersea eruptions congealed into forms known as pillow basalts on the Juan De Fuca Ridge, off the US Pacific Northwest. A new study shows such eruptions wax and wane on regular schedules.

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Deborah Kelley/University of Washington

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