Basalt is usually formed when lava solidifies on the earth’s surface ... causing them to change into another type of rock. They are usually resistant to weathering and erosion and are therefore ...

One final type of volcanic system is the Large Igneous Province, a massive outpouring of lava made from rocks called basalts. These eruptions can flood millions of square miles with lava that's ...

The type of lava erupted by Nyiragongo and many volcanoes ... of magma that cut through and across the layering of adjacent rocks and then solidify. They form when magma rises into a fissure ...

Lava is erupting from several volcanoes ... The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics − giant moving slabs of rock millions of square miles across that can collide with or pull away ...

"What makes this lava so different from the stuff we're ... "Carbonatites are a relatively rare type of igneous rock composed of greater than 50 vol percent primary carbonate minerals, primarily ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.