Entablature:fracture types and mechanisms

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Forbes, Anne E.S., Blake, Steven, Tuffen, Hugh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Búrfell; Þjórsárdalur; Iceland
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/71374/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-014-0820-z

Entablature is the term used to describe zones or tiers of irregular jointing in basaltic lava flows. It is thought to form when water from rivers dammed by the lava inundates the lava flow surface, and during lava-meltwater interaction in subglacial settings. A number of different fracture types ar...