Definition of Pahoehae
||Pa*ho"e*ho`e (?), n. (Min.)
A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively
smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called
a-a.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Universal Geology, also Spanish
- A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
Quotations
* 1859 - R. C. Haskell in American journal of science and arts, series XXVIII
*: We...saw 'pahoihoi' or solid lava forming, and also 'aa' or clinkers.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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