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Bookmark or Share- Lava | Types, Composition, Temperature, & Facts | Britannicalava, magma (molten rock) emerging as a liquid onto Earth’s surface. The term lava is also used for the solidified rock formed by the cooling of a molten lava flow. The temperatures of molten lava range from about 700 to 1,200 °C (1,300 to 2,200 °F).
- Lava - WikipediaLava is molten or partially molten rock ( magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or underwater, usually at temperatures from 800 to 1,200 °C (1,470 to 2,190 °F).
- Lava Science | Ask An Earth and Space ScientistThe glowing red-orange material is molten rock from deep below the Earth’s surface. When it erupts and flows on the surface, it is known as lava. When lava flows, it creates interesting and sometimes chaotic textures on its surface. These textures let us learn a bit about the lava.
- Volcano facts and information - National GeographicLava rivers spread into bleak landscapes. But as time ticks by, the elements break down these volcanic rocks, liberating nutrients from their stony prisons and creating remarkably fertile soils ...
- Lava Flows - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionBecause lava is so hot (more than 1,100 degrees C, over 2,000 degrees F), it remains molten and flows across the ground until it cools and hardens into rock. Lava is the most common form of material erupted from volcanoes that form oceanic islands like the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands.
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