The Timber Hill basalt is an ancient lava flow that now forms a prominent mesa in the area, standing high above Sweetwater Canyon where the road passes beneath towering cliffs of dark basalt near ...

The basaltic lava flow, known as the Carrizozo Malpaís, covers around 130 square miles (337 square kilometers) and is around 50 miles (80 kilometers) long.

In more recent history, around 400,000 years ago, runny basaltic lava from Newberry Volcano to the south flowed over much of the tuff, leaving only the tall spires exposed above the flow.

The largest, most rapidly formed basalt flow since 1783 erupted in Iceland from August 2014 to February 2015, most likely leading to the observed very rapid global warming since 2014.

Lawrence P. Growney/For the Times-News The.lava flow visible on the west side of.Deadman Falls forms the pillow basalts you pass coming up the hill on Sailor Creek Road.

Study: New interpretations of lunar mare basalt flow emplacement from XCT analysis of Apollo samples. Image Credit: Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock.com Background Scientific investigations spanning half a ...

This basaltic flow also overlaps a slightly older flow (about 3.3 billion years old), visible further west, but the younger flow is distinct because it has higher iron oxide and titanium dioxide ...